英语词汇“madwort”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

mad·wort

(mădwûrt′, -wôrt′)

1. A low-growing plant (Asperugo procumbens) with small blue flowers, native to Eurasia and naturalized in North America.

2. See alyssum.

[Sense 1, perhaps alteration (influenced by MADDER) of Dutch mede, madder + WORT¹ (from the use of A. procumbens to make a dye ). Sense 2, originally a name for various plants supposed to cure rabies, and later also for plants of the genus Alyssum : MAD, rabid + WORT¹ (partial translation of Latin alyssum, from Greek alusson; see ALYSSUM).]

单词	madwort
释义	mad·wort (mădwûrt′, -wôrt′) n. 1. A low-growing plant (Asperugo procumbens) with small blue flowers, native to Eurasia and naturalized in North America. 2. See alyssum. [Sense 1, perhaps alteration (influenced by MADDER) of Dutch mede, madder + WORT¹ (from the use of A. procumbens to make a dye ). Sense 2, originally a name for various plants supposed to cure rabies, and later also for plants of the genus Alyssum : MAD, rabid + WORT¹ (partial translation of Latin alyssum, from Greek alusson; see ALYSSUM).]
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