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单词 psoralea
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Example sentences from the Web for psoralea

  • He appears to have lived chiefly on the Indian-turnip (Psoralea esculenta).

    Your National Parks|Enos A. Mills
  • During the day, I had occasionally remarked among the hills the psoralea esculenta, the bread root of the Indians.

    The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California|Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont

psoralea

/ (səˈreɪlɪə) /

noun

any plant of the tropical and subtropical leguminous genus Psoralea, having curly leaves, white or purple flowers, and short one-seeded podsSee breadroot

Word Origin for psoralea

C19: via New Latin from Greek psōraleos mangy, from psōra mange, an allusion to the glandular dots of the plant

Words nearby psoralea

psoas abscess, psoas major, psoas minor, psocid, psora, psoralea, psoralen, psorelcosis, psoriasiform, psoriasis, psoriatic
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