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单词 lambs tongue
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lamb's tonguen.

Brit. /ˈlamz tʌŋ/, U.S. /ˈlæmz ˌtəŋ/
1. A name given to species of plantain (tr. medieval Latin arnoglossa, Greek ἀρνόγλωσσον), and other plants.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Plantaginaceae > [noun]
waybreadeOE
ribeOE
psylliumOE
waybread leafOE
plantaina1325
herb Ivec1386
ersworta1400
psyllya1425
flea-seed1562
buck's-horn plantain1578
fleabane1578
hartshorn1578
lamb's tongue1578
rose plantain1597
rose ribwort1597
globularia1728
fire-leaves1796
ribwort1846
hoary plantain1861
goatweed1864
hartshorn plantain-
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. lxiii. 92 Plantayne is called in Greeke ἀρνογλωσσος that is Lingua Agnina, Lammes tungue.
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 339 So haue they [sc. the Greeks] termed a kinde of Plantaine Arnoglossa, which is..Lambes toong.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 64/2 A bunch of Plantan Leaves..some call it Lambs Tongue.
1803 Trans. Soc. Arts 21 171 A sort of weed provincially termed Lamb's Tongue (somewhat resembling the sweet gale in appearance, but not in smell).
2. A sort of plane (see quot.); also the moulding shaped by this plane.
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1858 Skyring's Builder's Prices (ed. 48) 36 If astragal and hollow, lamb's tongue or other modern bar, add 1½d.
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Lamb's-tongue, a plane with a deep, narrow bit for making quirks.

Draft additions 1997

= lamb's ears n. at lamb n.1 Additions. Also lamb's tongue plant.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > names applied to various plants > [noun]
heatha700
beeworteOE
leversc725
springworteOE
clotec1000
halswortc1000
sengreenc1000
bottle?a1200
bird's-tonguea1300
bloodworta1300
faverolea1300
vetchc1300
pimpernel1378
oniona1398
bird's nest?a1425
adder's grassc1450
cockheada1500
ambrosia1525
fleawort1548
son before the father1552
crow-toe1562
basil1578
bird's-foot1578
bloodroot1578
throatwort1578
phalangium1608
yew1653
chalcedon1664
dittany1676
bleeding heart1691
felon-wort1706
hedgehog1712
land caltrops1727
old man's beard1731
loosestrife1760
Solomon's seal1760
fireweed1764
desert rose1792
star of Bethlehem1793
hen and chickens1794
Aaron's beard1820
felon-grass1824
arrowroot1835
snake-root1856
firebush1858
tick-seed1860
bird's eye1863
burning bush1866
rat-tail1871
lamb's earsa1876
lamb's tongue plant1882
tar-weed1884
Tom Thumb1886
parrotbeak1890
stinkweed1932
1882 H. Friend Gloss. Devonshire Plant Names 33 Lamb's-tongue, Stachys lanata L.
1956 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) (ed. 2) IV. 2011/1 S[tachys] lanata. Lamb's Tongue. Whole plant densely and persistently white-woolly... Often used for summer-bedding.
1974 F. A. Boddy Ground Cover xi. 105 The lamb's-tongue plant, Stachys olympica (S. lanata), is making a name for itself as a ground coverer.
1987 Woman & Home July 16/3 From the mountains of the Caucasus comes the Lamb's TongueStachys lanata—a carpeting perennial whose leaves and 18 in stems are clothed with a silvery-grey wool, soft to the touch.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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