| 单词 | rock samphire |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrock samphire rock samphire n. (a) common samphire, Crithmum maritinum; (b) marsh samphire or glasswort, genus Salicornia. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Chenopodiaccae (goose-foot and allies) > [noun] > glasswort or barilla glass-weed1568 alkali1578 kali1578 glasswort1597 rock samphire1597 saltwort1597 soda1658 barilla1766 kelpwort1787 Salsola1801 roly-poly1857 Russian thistle1884 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 427 Rocke Sampier hath many fat and thicke leaues. 1652 N. Culpeper Eng. Physitian Enlarged 214/1 The Rock Sampire groweth up with a tender green Stalk, about half a yard or two foot high at the most, branching forth almost from the very bottom. 1744 J. Wilson Synopsis Brit. Plants 13 Salt~wort is used for a pickle at Newcastle upon Tyne, where they call it Rock-sampire. 1803 F. W. Blagdon tr. P. S. Pallas Trav. Southern Provinces Russ. Empire II. 449 Crithmum, the genuine rock-samphire of the English [Ger. den rechten Rock-Samphire der Engländer]. 1877 F. Ross et al. Gloss. Words Holderness Rock-semper,..rock samphire. A favourite dish with those living on the banks of the Humber. 2008 BBC Good Food Sept. 135/2 He employs a forager, so there's always fresh, interesting ‘wild food’ on the menu—look out for whimberries, rock samphire and wood sorrel. < as lemmas |
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