| 单词 | water yarrow |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater yarrow water yarrow n. now rare any of various aquatic or waterside plants with finely divided (usually submerged) leaves (cf. water milfoil n. 1), as (in early use) water crowfoot (genus Ranunculus), water dropwort (genus Oenanthe), and (in later use) water violet (genus Hottonia). ΚΠ 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. ci. 142 Under the title of Stratiotes, that is to say, knights woundworte, or Water yearrow [Fr. Herbe militaire, Du. Ruyters cruyt], Dioscorides describeth twoo herbes, well knowen in this countrie. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. ci. 142 Water Milfoyle or Yearrow. 1789 J. Pilkington View Derbyshire I. viii. 348 Hottonia palustris. Water Violet. Water Yarrow. 1936 N. L. Britton & A. Brown Illustr. Flora Northern U.S. (ed. 2) II. 710 Hottonia inflata... American featherfoil... Called also water-feather, water-violet, water-yarrow. water yarrow water yarrow n. a name for various water plants with finely divided leaves, as Ranunculus aquatilis, Hottonia palustris, and the genus Myriophyllum. (Cf. extracted from yarrown.< as lemmas |
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