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单词 dog's cabbage
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dog's cabbage
dog's cabbage n. [after Hellenistic Greek κυνοκράμβη < ancient Greek κυνο- cyno- comb. form + κράμβη crambe n.] now rare (a) a fleshy plant, Theligonum cynocrambe (family Rubiaceae), grown as a pot-herb in Mediterranean regions; (b) = dog's mercury n.
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1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 154/2 The..Dog's-Wort Cotton..grows upon a Plant which the Botanists call Apocynum Cynocrambe, which signifies Dog's-Cabbage.
1773 W. Hanbury Compl. Body Planting & Gardening II. 302/1 Theligonum... There is only one species of this genus, commonly called Dog's Cabbage.
1822 S. Clarke Hortus Anglicus II. 478 Purslane Thelygonum, Dog's Cabbage. Several stems, spreading, a span long, leafy, smooth, purplish.
1832 R. Mudie Pop. Guide Observ. Nature viii. 340 The perennial mercury, or ‘dog's cabbage’, said to be so called from dogs preferring it to any other plant, when they physic themselves with green vegetables.
1947 O. Percival Our Old-fashioned Flowers 116 Mercurialis perennis, Dog's Mercury, Dog's Cabbage, Dog's Cole, Dog's Caul.
1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) IV. 2098/1 Thelygonum... One species only T. Cynocrambe, Dog's Cabbage, is a hardy, slightly fleshy, procumbent, annual herb, common in the Mediterranean region.
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