| 单词 | water sorrel |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater sorrel water sorrel n. now rare any of various sorrels (genus Rumex) that grow by streams and in ditches, esp. R. aquaticus and R. hydrolapathus; cf. water dock n. [Compare Middle French, French †parelle d'eau and German Wasserampfer (both 1554 in a Dutch context in the passage translated in quot. 1578).] ΚΠ 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. ix. sig. Aaaiiij The fifth kind, which groweth in ditches..is called in Englishe, Great Sorrel, Water Sorrel, and Horse Sorrel. 1717 Atlas Geographus V. 255/1 The leaves resemble those of water-sorrel. 1922 Amer. Educator (new ed.) VII. 3347/2 Of the other varieties, the most common are mountain, switch and water sorrel. < as lemmas |
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