单词 | flag-root |
释义 | flag-rootn. U.S. The root of the sweet flag ( Acorus calamus); the plant itself. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > sweet flag beeworteOE sweet calamusa1398 acorus?a1425 acorum1601 sweet rush1607 sweet cane1611 sweet smelling flag1640 sweet flag1790 myrtle flag1796 myrtle grass1796 flag-root1851 myrtle sedge1857 sweet sedge1857 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > sweet flag > root of flag-root1851 1851 H. D. Thoreau Jrnl. 7 Oct. (1992) IV. 129 Flag-root—a plant which looks like a cock's tail or a peacocks feather in form. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmasflag-root flag-root n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > parts of reed spearc1430 flag-root1707 bent-stalk1821 blackheads1850 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1708) 287 At D is a spade..the Edges of which are as sharp as a knife, which makes it easie to cut Flag-roots. 1881 S. P. McLean Cape Cod Folks (ed. 8) v. 107 Grandma fed him with bits of unsweetened flag-root. < n.1851 as lemmas |
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