单词 | wild cabbage |
释义 | > as lemmaswild cabbage wild cabbage n. any plant of the North American genus Caulanthus, esp. C. crassicaulis, sometimes used as a substitute for cabbage. ΚΠ 1871 S. Watson in C. King Rep. Geol. Explor. 40th Parallel V. 27 Caulanthus crassicaulis... Known as ‘Wild Cabbage’, and sometimes used as a barely tolerable substitute for the cultivated plant. 1880 Pharmaceut. Jrnl. & Trans. 21 Feb. 664/1 Caulanthus crassicaulis, Watson. ‘Wild Cabbage.’—Sometimes used as food when a better substitute cannot be found. 1917 P. A. Rydberg Flora Rocky Mountains 364 Caulanthus... Wild Cabbage. More or less succulent biennials or perennials. < as lemmas |
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