释义 |
al·e·tris \ˈalə.trə̇s\ noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, female slave who ground meal, noble Athenian maiden who prepared offering cakes, from alein, aletreuein to grind; from the floury appearance of the blossoms : a small genus of bitter-rooted herbs (family Liliaceae) found in eastern No. America and Asia and having basal leaves and small white or yellow bracted racemose flowers — see colicroot |