单词 | tod's-tails |
释义 | > as lemmastod's-tails tod's-tails n. now rare a clubmoss (family Lycopodiaceae).Cf. fox's tail: see quot. 1800 at foxtail n. 2b. ΚΠ 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Tod's tails, alpine club-moss, an herb. 1867 Hardwicke's Sci.-Gossip Nov. 242/2 The tough, creeping stems of the Tod's-tails, or Stag-horn (Lycopodium clavatum), which might easily catch the feet and trip up the unwary pedestrian. 1891 Brechin Advertiser 6 Jan. 3 Ere green todstails adorned the rugged bare sides o' the hills. < as lemmas |
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