释义 |
bean-trefoil English name of the Anagyris, a bushy shrub, bearing axillary racemes of yellow flowers, succeeded by narrow recurved pods. Sometimes applied to the Buckbean (Menyanthes trifoliata), and formerly to the Laburnum.
1551Turner Herbal 28 Anagyris..maye be called in Englishe, benetrifolye: because the leues grow thre together, and the sede is muche lyke a bene. 1607Topsell Serpents 773 Leaves of Been-trifoly drunk in Wine. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict., Bean-Trefoil, affords many fine yellow Blossoms. |