单词 | grey millet |
释义 | > as lemmasgrey millet grey millet n. the common gromwell, Lithospermum officinale; cf. graymill n. ΚΠ 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xvi. 186 The true Gromwell, which name is a corruption from Gray Millet, is not very common. 1884 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. IV. i. 66/3 Gromwell..gray-millet... Anciently administered for the cure of gravel. 1922 H. S. Salt Call of Wildflower xvi. 126 On the lawns that skirt the Knott [sc. Arnside Knott] one often sees..the gromwell or ‘grey millet’, and the beautiful little dwarf orchis. 2004 L. Fallows Wild Flowers Northern Eng. I. 55 (heading) Gromwell. Grey Millet. < as lemmas |
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