单词 | sorrel genus |
释义 | > as lemmassorrel genus C1. attributive, as sorrel-flower, sorrel genus, sorrel leaf, sorrel seed. ΚΠ 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) Sorrel seeds..are esteemed astringent. 1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory ii. 342 Sorrel leaves are inodorous, and have a grateful austere acidulous taste. 1845 S. Judd Margaret i. xvii. 171 The snow-fields seemed to bloom with glowing sorrel flowers. 1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. 359 Polygonaceæ. The Sorrel Order. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 998/1 Rumex, the Dock and Sorrel genus. < as lemmas |
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