单词 | spearmint water |
释义 | > as lemmasspearmint water attributive and in other combinations, as spearmint-leaf, spearmint oil, spearmint root, spearmint water. ΚΠ 1662 R. Mathews Unlearned Alchymist (new ed.) 192 Put into it one quart of Rose-water, and one quart of Spermint-water. 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. vii. ii. 165 Not Oval, but rather expressing the figure of a Speer-Mint-Leaf. 1757 A. Cooper Compl. Distiller ii. v. 126 The simple Waters now commonly made, are Orange-flower-water,..Spear-mint-water [etc.]. 1786 J. Abercrombie Gardeners Daily Assistant 306 Plant spear-mint roots in a hot bed. 1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. III. vii. §1. 448 Indifferent oils, such as spearmint oil (C20 H20 O2). 1860 J. W. Warter Sea-board & Down II. 29 All I could give her was some spearmint water. < as lemmas |
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