| 单词 | red chickweed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasred chickweed red chickweed n. North American scarlet pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis (family Myrsinaceae). ΚΠ 1806 Philadelphia Med. & Physical Jrnl. 4 Mar. 189 The plant which Mr. K. made known to the Senate of Pennsylvania, was no other than the Anagallis arvensis, or common Red-Pimpernel, known, in the United-States, by the names of the Red-Chickweed, Sea-Pink, &c. 1869 F. P. Porcher Resources Southern Fields & Forests (new ed.) 422 Red Chickweed... This plant enjoyed a great reputation at one time, and was said to possess sudorific, vulnerary, anti-epilectic and anti-hydrophobic virtues. 1999 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 5 Mar. a13 The Scarlet Pimpernel..is a herb and a member of the primrose family who has skipped the pond to colonize North America where he is sometimes called red chickweed because of the shape of his leaves. < as lemmas |
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