| 单词 | prickly broom |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprickly broom prickly broom n. any of various prickly shrubs; esp. gorse, Ulex europaeus. ΚΠ 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. xviii. 1138 There be diuers sorts of prickley Broome, called in our English toong by sundry names..in some places Furzes, in others Whinnes, and Gorsse, and of some pricklie Broome. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 29 It is found..most copiously amongst our Whinns or prickly Broom. 1763 P. Miller Abridgem. of Gardeners Dict. (ed. 5) Anthyllis... Prickly Broom with duckmeat leaves and bluish purple flowers. 1923 Mod. Lang. Notes 38 395 This is nature's way of adorning waste and wild places with pretty gold and green. It is known here indifferently as furze, gorse, whin and prickly broom. 2000 Farmer's Guardian (Nexis) 13 Oct. 46 The name ‘broom’ or ‘broomstick’ came about..because originally prickly broom was used tied in a bundle by butchers to scrub their cutting blocks. < as lemmas |
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