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单词 knee-holly
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knee-hollyn.

Brit. /ˈniːˌhɒli/, U.S. /ˈniˌhɑli/
Forms: In Old English cnéow-holen.
Etymology: < knee n. (perhaps in reference to its height) + holen, holly n. (as a prickly evergreen).
A name of Butcher's Broom ( Ruscus aculeatus).
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a1300 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 557/33 Frisgonem, i. fresgun, i. cnehole.
1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 448 Asparagus, grasse, knee-holly, marsh-mallows.
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxix. 462 Butcher's-broom or Knee Holly, bears its flowers in the middle of the leaves.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 999.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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