| 单词 | yearning grass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyearning grass yearning grass n. British regional (now historical) the butterwort, Pinguicula vulgaris, which has been used as a substitute for rennet. Cf. earning-grass n. at earning n.2 Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > butterwort butter-root1597 butterwort1597 Pinguicula1597 Yorkshire sanicle1597 bog violet1713 steep-grass1777 yearning grass1814 steep-wort1886 1814 J. Hodgson in J. Raine Mem. J. Hodgson (1857) I. vii. 148 Yearning-grass is applied to curdle milk for cheese. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (at cited word) A plant used in North Tindale to curdle milk for cheese is called yerning grass. 1978 A. Fenton Northern Isles liii. 440 A vegetable alternative [to rennet], known in Shetland, was yirnin' girse, the butterwort, Pinguicula vulgaris, whose leaves were put in the milk to curdle it. < as lemmas |
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