| 单词 | culvers-root |
| 释义 | Culver's root in British English or Culver's physic (ˈkʌlvəz) noun 1. a tall North American scrophulariaceous plant, Veronicastrum virginicum, having spikes of small white or purple flowers 2. the dried roots of this plant, formerly used as a cathartic and emetic Word origin C19: named after a Dr Culver, 18th-century American physicianCulver's root in American Englishnoun 1. the root of a tall plant, Veronicastrum virginicum, of the figwort family, having spikelike clusters of small, white, tubular flowers, used in medicine as a cathartic and emetic 2. the plant Word origin [1710–20, Amer.; named after Dr. Culver, 17th–18th-century American physician]This word is first recorded in the period 1710–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: floater, hunker, offshore, rewind, tintDefinition of 'Culver's root' |
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