单词 | rocket-seed |
释义 | > as lemmasrocket-seed C1. General attributive and in compounds, as rocket-seed; rocket-like, rocket-leaved adjs. ΚΠ 1566 T. Blundeville Order curing Horses Dis. lxxxi. f. 54, in Fower Offices Horsemanshippe Some woulde giue him Onyons and Roket seede to drinke with wyne. 1661 N. Culpeper Pharmacopœia Londinensis 18/1 Rocket seed, provokes urine. 1709 J. Marten Gonosologium Novum i. 39 Administer sharp aromatick and cephalick Medicines, such as Castor, Pepper, Mustard, Watercresses, Rocket-Seed, &c. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Crambe The broad rocket-leav'd sea crambe... The narrower-leav'd, rocket-like sea crambe. 1863 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants 15 Base-rocket, from its rocket-like leaves, and lowly growth. 1996 Guardian 3 Feb. (Weekend Suppl.) 40/1 You need at least two, if not three, packets of rocket seed. < as lemmas |
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