| 单词 | merman's shaving brush |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmerman's shaving brush merman's shaving brush n. U.S. any of several seaweeds of tropical North America, esp. of the genus Penicillus, having stalks crowned by brushlike tufts of calcified filaments. ΚΠ 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 737/1 Merman's shaving brushes, a name given in North America to different species of Chamædoris and Penicillus. 1901 A. F. Arnold Sea-beach at Ebb-tide (ed. 2) 58 Genus Penicillus—The merman's shaving brush, characteristic of coral reefs. 1937 J. E. Tilden Algae & their Life Relations 385 Penicillus capitatus Lamarck, the ‘merman's shaving brush’, is common in Bermuda, the West Indies, and Florida, where it occurs on loose sandy or muddy bottoms. < as lemmas |
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