| 单词 | goat leaf |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgoat leaf goat leaf n. now rare a kind of honeysuckle, esp. Lonicera caprifolium; = goat's leaf n. at Compounds 3b. [Originally after Anglo-Norman chevrefoil and Old French chievrefueil (12th cent.; Middle French chièvrefueil , French chèvrefeuille ; itself after post-classical Latin caprifolium caprifoil n.). In later use either directly after post-classical Latin caprifolium (also in scientific Latin as a specific epithet) or an alteration of goat's leaf n. at Compounds 3b. Compare German Geißblatt (15th cent.).] ΚΠ a1275 (?a1189) Marie de France Cheuerefoil (Harl. 978) f. 151v Gotelef lapelent en engleis Cheurefoil le nument en franceis. 1829 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants 170 Caprifolium. A poetical name, signifying goat-leaf; that is to say, a leaf which climbs like a goat. Chevrefeuille, Fr. 1904 J. M. Maxwell Children's Wild Flowers 119 The pale perfoliate Lonicera..is sufficiently familiar to own a folk-name, that of ‘Goat leaf’, whether in allusion to its feats of climbing, or the partiality of these animals for its leaves. 2007 D. Squire Propagation Specialist (2008) 45 Goat-leaf Honeysuckle. See Lonicera caprifolium. < as lemmas |
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