| 单词 | fuller's herb |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfuller's herb fuller's herb n. now chiefly historical (a) [after post-classical Latin herba fullonum (Vulgate)] soapwort, Saponaria officinalis; (b) = fuller's teasel n. ΚΠ c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Mal. iii. 2 He [shall be]..as the erbe of fullers [L. herba fullonum].] 1593 W. Rainolds Treat. Holy Sacrifice & Sacrament 267 If thow wash thy selfe with nitre, and multiplie the herbe Borith, or..the fullers herbe, yet thow art stil vncleane. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 262 The Fullers herb in wine honied. 1844 C. Richardson New Dict. Eng. Lang. (ed. 2) 788/1 Fullers' Herb: so called, because used by fullers in teasing wool. 1970 A. Leighton Early Amer. Gardens (Appendix) 404 Teasel... Fuller's herb. 2011 K. Coyne & E. Knutzen Making It 18 Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis), also known as bouncing bet, fuller's herb, or sweet Betty, is a pretty, sweet-smelling, flowering perennial herb. < as lemmas |
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