| 单词 | butterdock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbutterdock butterdock n. any of several dock plants (genus Rumex), esp. R. obtusifolius, having large leaves which were formerly used to wrap butter; (also occasionally) the common butterbur, Petasites vulgaris.Cf. butter leaves n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Polygonaceae (dock and allies) > [noun] > dock and allies red dockeOE dockc1000 rhubarbc1390 docken1423 patience?a1425 round dock1526 Rumex1565 wild patience1578 bloody dock1597 monk's rhubarb1597 Welsh sorrel1640 butterdock1688 mountain rhapontic1728 mountain sorrel1753 Rheum1753 redshank1810 patience dock1816 fiddle-dock1823 canaigre1868 nettle-docken1891 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. vi. §xxv. 102/2 Butter Dock, or Rubarbe,..having a large crumpled leaf..with long stalks. 1807 T. Martyn Miller's Gardener's & Botanist's Dict. (rev. ed.) II. ii. at Rumex R[umex] acutus... The leaves were formerly much used for wrapping up butter; and that hence this species was commonly known by the name of Butter Dock. 1950 C. Porteous Derbyshire v. 53 By the stream a robust display of butter docks, their plump blossoms just freshly out and their leaves unworn. 2002 Daily Tel. 18 Jan. 10/5 Butterbur, also known as exwort, bog rhubarb and butterdock, grows in Europe, north Africa and south west Asia. < as lemmas |
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