| 单词 | goat's willow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgoat's willow goat's willow n. now rare a small Eurasian willow tree, Salix caprea (family Salicaceae); = goat willow n. at Compounds 3a. [After post-classical Latin salix caprea (1590 or earlier).] ΚΠ 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1204 The Sallowe tree or Goates Willow, groweth to a tree of a mean bignes. 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Sallow, (latin Salix) the Goats willow-tree. 1761 J. Mordant Compl. Steward I. 305 Sallow. In some places it is called Goats-willow. 1846 G. B. Emerson Rep. Trees & Shrubs Mass. ii. 239 The leaves of the goat's willow, Salix caprea are considered in France..the best food for cows, goats and horses. 1894 T. Hardy Life's Little Ironies 54 The shadows of the great goat's-willow swayed and interchanged upon the walls like a spectral army manœuvring. 1995 E. A. Gaer in M. M. Balzer & M. E. S. Armonk Culture Incarnate 147 The umbilical cord was..sprinkled with powder scraped from the inner bark of goat's willow. < as lemmas |
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