| 单词 | water horehound |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater horehound water horehound n. species of Lycopus, particularly L. Europæus.extracted from horehoundn.water horehound water horehound n. any of various plants of the genus Lycopus (family Lamiaceae), which comprises perennial herbaceous plants of wetland habitats, with serrate or deeply cut leaves and whitish, four-lipped flowers borne in whorls in the leaf axils; esp. L. europaeus. ΚΠ 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. lxxxix. 131 The herbe..is called in this countrey Marrubium palustre, that is to say, Marrish or water Horehound [Fr. Marrube d'eaue, ou aquatique; no corresponding sentence in the Dutch original]. 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 1230 This other Water or Marsh Horehound hath square stalkes, but hairy and a little hoary and rough, whereon are set leaves by couples, as in the former. 1903 Amer. Naturalist 37 378 The white-flowered water horehound (Lycopus) has pale green foliage. 2002 Rhodora 104 156 The range of European water-horehound expanded 380 km northeastward from Sorel to Trois-Pistoles River. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。