| 单词 | adder's spear |
| 释义 | > as lemmasadder's spear adder's spear n. now historical = adder's tongue n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > adder's tongue adder's tongue1548 serpent's tongue1578 Ophioglossum1583 adder's spear1714 a1400 in T. Hunt Plant Names Medieval Eng. (1989) 244 [Spica Celtica] neddre-spere.] 1714 M. Kettilby Coll. above 300 Receipts 132 Take of the tender Tops of the Bay-Tree, Red-Sage,..Rosemary, Adders-spear, Golden-Rod, [etc.]. 1864 T. Moore Brit. Ferns 17 The common Adder's-tongue is gathered by country-people for the preparation of adder's-spear ointment. 1938 W. N. Clute Our Ferns (ed. 2) 68 Adder's-spear, adder's-spit and other names formerly in use [for Ophioglossum], all refer to a fancied resemblance between the plant and the adder. < as lemmas |
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