单词 | kidney vetch |
释义 | kidney vetch in British Englishnoun a silky leguminous perennial plant, Anthyllis vulneraria, of Europe and N Africa, with yellow or orange flowers Also called: ladies' fingerskidney vetch in American Englishnoun an Old World plant, Anthyllis vulneraria, of the legume family, formerly used as a remedy for kidney diseases Also called: woundwort Word origin [1700–10]This word is first recorded in the period 1700–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: camera, cirrus, cozy, envelope, marquiseExamples of 'kidney vetch' in a sentence |
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