单词 | butter-root |
释义 | > as lemmasbutter-root 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 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 645 In Yorkshire..it is called Butterwoorts, Butter roote, and white roote. 1791 E. Baylis New & Compl. Body Pract. Bot. Physic xxvii. 386 Usually Sanicula eboracensis, or Yorkshire Sanicle... It is termed in English Butter-wort, and Butter-root, because of the unctuosity of the leaves. 1901 J. Weathers Pract. Guide Garden Plants ii. 729/2 P. vulgaris (Bog Violet; Butter-root). A pretty British and Irish species, with bluntly oblong fleshy leaves. < as lemmas |
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