| 单词 | vegetable gold |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvegetable gold vegetable gold n. now rare (a) †saffron (obsolete); (also) the crocus that produces this, Crocus sativus; (b) a yellow acid derived from the roots of any of several similar composite plants found in Mexico. ΚΠ 1853 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 103/2 Aurum Vegetabile. Bot. Vegetable gold; an old name for saffron. 1863 Jrnl. Bot., Brit. & Foreign 1 352 Dr. Schultz-Bipontinus read an interesting paper on ‘Vegetable Gold’, an acid extracted from the root of Trixis Pipizahuac. 1900 A. B. Lyons Plant Names 281 From this and other species is obtained pipitzahoic acid, called vegetable gold, which has purgative properties. 1967 Sci. News 18 Mar. 252/2 Crocus sativus, an autumn-blooming flower..is also called ‘vegetable gold’ because its yellow stigma, which is part of the ovary, is the source of saffron in Asia Minor. < as lemmas |
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