单词 | bog onion |
释义 | > as lemmasbog onion bog onion n. one of several plants with roots resembling an onion, esp. the royal fern, Osmunda regalis. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > royal fern everferneOE ditch-fern14.. herb Christophera1450 osmund royal1548 osmund1578 Osmund the waterman1578 fern-osmund1614 stifling grass1692 osmunda1702 royal fern1781 bog onion1832 1832 W. D. Williamson Hist. Maine I. 120 The Brake, of which there are several varieties, the root of which is sometimes called the ‘bog-onion’. 1856 Phytologist 5 30 Osmunda regalis..is vulgarly known under the name of ‘bog onion’. 1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Dial. Cumberland (ed. 2) 9/1 Bog onion, the Osmunda Regalis or flowering fern. 1892 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 5 104 Arisæma triphyllum, bog onion. Worcester Co. < as lemmas |
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