| 单词 | frog's foot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfrog's foot frog's foot n. (also †frog foot, frogs foot) now English regional and rare either of two aquatic plants, water crowfoot Ranunculus aquatilis, and duckweed (genus Lemna). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > duckweeds and allies endemetea1387 duckweedc1440 frog's foot1526 greens1526 duck's meat1538 water lentil1548 grain1578 fen lentil1601 Pistia1754 lemna1789 lentil-dew1800 water lettuce1847 Jenny Greenteeth1852 creed1880 1526 Grete Herball cclix. sig. Pi/1 Lentylles of the water ben called frogges fote. 1652 N. Culpeper Eng. Physician 69 Many are the Names this furious biting Herb hath obtained.., for it is called Frogs-foot from the Greek name,..Crowfoot, Gold Knobs, [etc.]. 1863 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants 87 Frog-foot, lemna. 1878 F. E. Hulme Familiar Wild Flowers I. 50 Frogs-foot having reference to the form of the leaves, while gold-cup is sufficiently expressive of the form and colour of the blossom. 1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 42 Frog's foot, gentleman's caps and frills, Som. < as lemmas |
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