| 单词 | pepper root |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspepper root pepper root n. (a) the root of a pepper of the genus Piper; esp. that of the Polynesian P. methysticum, used to make kava; (b) U.S. any of several plants of the genus Cardamine (formerly called Dentaria), esp. C. diphylla, whose roots have a pungent taste like watercress. ΚΠ 1659 Mercurius Politicus No. 592. 824 By the inclosed List, it may be seen, what store of Provision is to be sent hence to Copenhagen, which is bought and stowed in the ships..Pepper Root 4000 l. 1773 J. R. Forster Resol. Jrnl. 7 Oct. iii. 388 They chew a great Quantity of Pepper-root. 1774 W. Wales Jrnl. 26 June in J. Cook Jrnls. (1961) II. 846 They [sc. the Tongans] brought off with them the Yauva, or pepper-Root. 1814 F. Pursh Flora Amer. Septentrionalis II. 439 Dentaria diphylla... The roots of this plant..are used by the natives instead of mustard; in the mountains it is generally known by the name of Pepper-root. 1848 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. 34 Dentaria, L. Toothwort. Pepper-root... Perennials with long horizontal and fleshy toothed rootstocks of a pleasant pungent taste. 1915 M. Armstrong & J. J. Thornber Field Bk. Western Wild Flowers 174 Milk Maids, Pepper-root. Dentaria Californica... This is one of the loveliest of the early spring flowers in the Coast Ranges. 2000 San Francisco Examiner (Nexis) 27 Aug. c1 They drank kava, a kind of pepper root tea, pledged their strength to one another,..and danced a little bit. < as lemmas |
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