| 单词 | frog cheese |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfrog cheese frog cheese n. (a) = puffball n. 1a (now historical and rare); †(b) English regional the common mallow, Malva sylvestris; cf. cheese n.1 2; (obsolete rare).Sense (b) is apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [noun] > puff-ball wolf's-fista1300 puckfistc1300 puff1538 earth-puff1585 foist1593 fist1597 fuzz-ball1597 puff-fist1597 bunt1601 fuzz1601 bullfist1611 mully-puff1629 fist-ball1635 puffball1649 puck-ball1730 puffin1755 lycoperdon1756 frog cheese1766 puck1766 fuzzy-ballc1850 ball smut1925 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Malvaceae (mallows and allies) > [noun] hockc725 malloweOE crisp mallowa1300 altheaa1398 mawa1400 maula1425 alceac1440 malva1527 vervain mallow1548 cut mallow1565 dwarf mallow1578 curled mallow1620 musk1728 Sida1753 curled-leaved mallow1754 marshmallow1814 round dock1825 mallow wort1845 crisped-leaved mallow1846 Modiola1856 velvet-leaf1856 fairy cheeses1869 pancakes1882 frog cheese1886 musk plant1898 1766 Compl. Farmer at Bee The narcotic, or stupefying fume, is made with the..large mushroom, commonly known by the name bunt, puckfist, or frog-cheese. 1796 J. Keys Antient Bee-Master's Farewell ii. ii. 216 The Lycoperdon, or great puff ball. It is likewise called frog cheese, mully puff, punk-fist, and by various other names. 1849 Times 5 Oct. 3/4 There are other species (as, for example, the frog cheese, or bovista) which expand, with incredible rapidity, to eight or nine feet girth. 1886 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names 195 Frog-cheese,..(2) Malva sylvestris, L.—Oxf. 1932 Sci. Monthly Apr. 375/1 They [sc. frogs and toads] serve as convenient handles or common names for numerous plants as:..frog cheese, one of the many large puff balls. < as lemmas |
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