| 单词 | ground-leaf |
| 释义 | > as lemmasground-leaf ground-leaf n. a leaf, spec. of a tobacco plant, growing next to the ground. ΚΠ 1640 in Maryland Arch. 98 Bad Tobacco shall be judged ground leafes [etc.]. 1784 J. F. D. Smyth Tour U.S.A. II. 136 In stripping they are careful to throw away all the ground leaves, and faulty tobacco. 1850 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1849: Agric. 320 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (31st Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 20, Pt. 2) VI ‘Ground leaves’ are those leaves at the bottom of the plant which become dry on the stalk, and ought to be gathered early in the morning when they will not crumble. 1851 E. B. Browning Casa Guidi Windows i. vi. 15 To let the ground-leaves of the place confer A natural bowl. < as lemmas |
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