| 单词 | old sow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasold sow old sow n. rare †(a) sweet trefoil, Trigonella coerulea, used as a culinary herb, esp. for flavouring the Swiss cheese Schabzieger (obsolete); (b) English regional the plant pearly everlasting, Anaphalis margaritacea. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [noun] > sweet trefoil salad clover1562 old sow1855 sweet trefoil1859 sweet clover1867 1855 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. II. 421 Melilotus azureus, a Swiss plant..with blue blossoms, has a singular porcine odour, whence it is vulgarly called ‘Old Sow’; and is the plant which gives the peculiar flavour to Schapziger cheese. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 809/1 Old sow, Melilotus cœruleus, or Trigonella cœrulea, which gives its peculiar flavour to chapziger cheese. 1886 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names 359 Old sow, Antennaria margaritacea, Br.—Norf. < as lemmas |
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