| 单词 | field basil |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfield basil field basil n. any of several aromatic herbs of the mint family ( Lamaiceae ( Labiatae)); esp. wild basil, Clinopodium vulgare (formerly included in the genus Satureja); cf. basil n.1 2. ΚΠ 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 242 The Herboristes do call this herbe Vaccaria..We may call it Field Basill or Cowe Basill. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. v. 87/2 Field Basil, or Beds foot flower, the leaves and stalk hairy. 1742 J. J. Dillenius Let. 13 May in J. Bartram Corr. (1992) 193 There is a Clinopodium (Field or Wild Basil) in Virg. Maryl. Pensylv. with a row of purple Leafes round the fine Yellow hooded Flowers. 1886 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names 27 Basil, Field, Stone, or Wild, book-names for Calamintha Clinopodium..and C. Acinos. 1922 Amer. Botanist 28 121 Several species of Satureia are also called ‘basil’. The one most frequently so named is S. vulgaris which is ‘wild basil’, ‘field basil’ and ‘stone basil’. 2007 G. Allen Herbalist in Kitchen 229 Clinopodium vulgare (sometimes called Satureja vulgaris or Calamintha Clinopodium): Basil, basilweed, dog mint, field basil, hedge basil, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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