| 单词 | sicilian earth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSicilian earth b. In names of plants, products, etc., as Sicilian hore-hound, Sicilian radish, Sicilian toad-flax; Sicilian earth, Sicilian saffron; Sicilian sword-fish. ΚΠ 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Linaria Sicilian Toad-Flax, with many Stalks, and a Leaf of the White Lady's Bedstraw. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. i. 117 A vast profusion of turnips and Sicilian radishes. 1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) III. iv. 160 Sword Fish..Sicilian. 1822 S. Clarke Hortus Anglicus II. 98 Marrubium Peregrinum. Sicilian White Horehound. 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 161 Sicilian saffron is obtained from Crocus odorus, according to Gussone. 1867 W. T. Brande & G. W. Cox Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art (new ed.) III. 440/2 Sicilian Earth, a name sometimes given to fossil bezoar, which appears to be of a similar character to Armenian Bole. < as lemmas |
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