| 单词 | field rhubarb |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfield rhubarb field rhubarb n. †(a) any of several bulbous plants of the genus Ferraria (family Iridaceae) used medicinally as a purgative (obsolete); (b) common rhubarb, esp. as grown outdoors. ΚΠ 1835 G. T. Burnett Outl. Bot. I. 452 F[erraria] cathartica and F. purgans declare their powers by their titles, and the expressed juice of these plants is, according to Martius, given as an aperient in Brazil under the name of Field Rhubarb. 1868 S. Hereman Paxton's Bot. Dict. (new ed.) 239/1 Field Rhubarb. See Ferraria cathartica and purgans. 1872 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 21 June 647/1 When the boiling is completed, the small pieces of wood..are quite soft, and of a dingy colour, not dissimilar in appearance to a piece of rather coarse field rhubarb after it has been cut up and baked in a pie. 2006 M. Goodman Food to live By ix. 341 While hothouse varieties have a longer growing season, field rhubarb is harvested in spring and early summer. < as lemmas |
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