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单词 painting root
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painting root
painting root n. British (now rare) the plant corn gromwell, Lithospermum arvense, the root of which was formerly used to produce a red colouring matter.
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1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 226 Lithospermum arvense... Corn Gromwell. Bastard Alkanet... Painting Root... [note The bark of the root tinges wax and oil of a beautiful red, similar to that which is obtained from the root of the foreign Alkanet that is kept in the shops.]
1919 Bot. Exchange Club 5 511 Lithospermum arvense L. Swalcliffe Grange, Oxon.,..in cornfields... Sent to show the red root which apparently gives occasion for the colloquial name ‘Painting root’.
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