| 单词 | purple cow-wheat |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspurple cow-wheat 1. A plant, Melampyrum arvense, family Scrophulariaceæ, which grows in cornfields in the E. and S. of England, and in the Isle of Wight. Sometimes distinguished from other species as purple cow-wheat. ΚΠ 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xiv. 163 Horse floure, or Cowe wheate..hath a straight stemme. 1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 84 The seede of Cow wheate raiseth vp fumes. purple cow-wheat purple cow-wheat n. rare the hemiparasitic European plant field cow wheat, Melampyrum arvense, which has pink-purple flowers and grows in cornfields and field margins; cf. cow-wheat n. 1. ΚΠ 1752 C. Alston Index Medicamentorum 67 Purple Cow-wheat. Usu. Herb. Melanthium. 1800 J. E. Smith Flora Britannica II. 652 Melampyrum arvense..Purple Cow-wheat. 1962 H. Kamen tr. B. Pasternak In Interlude 63 Purple cow-wheat, gold Saint John's wort, Rosebay, thistle, camomile—As though enchanted by a spell They gaze on her. < as lemmas |
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