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单词 water-crowfoot
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water-crowfoot
water-crowfoot n. any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus (family Ranunculaceae) that grow in or near water, typically having thread-like submerged leaves, divided floating leaves, and white flowers (in later use also with distinguishing word).
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a1500 Agnus Castus (Laud) (1950) 202 (MED) Sanicle..haþ [leues] lich to watercrowfot.
?1550 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Healthe sig. I.v Watercrowfote stamped wyth crommes of bread and a plaster made therof taketh awaye the heate of the stomake.
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 7 Thus the leaves of the Ranunculus aquatilis, or Water Crowfoot, growing beneath the surface of the water, are much more divided than those which grow above the surface.
1902 C. J. Cornish Naturalist on Thames 14 In the shallows grow water-crowfoot, with waving green hair under water.
2010 Independent 8 June (Viewspaper section) 13/2 At various intervals along Harrison's stretch [of the Itchen], he and volunteers have erected cages to protect river water-crowfoot, an aquatic species of buttercup that produces beautiful white flowers but which is food for the booming swan population.
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