| 单词 | watercress bed |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswatercress bed C1. General attributive, as watercress bed, watercress soup, etc. ΚΠ 1653 N. Culpeper Pharmacopœia Londinensis 137/1 Take..Watercress seeds, Asarabacca roots, Persian Origanum.., of each half an ounce [etc.]. 1787 Compleat Herbal I. 188 Watercress pottage is a good remedy to cleanse the blood in the spring, and help headachs. 1796 Lady's Mag. 27 519/1 (title of poem) The Water-cress Girl. 1821 Morning Chron. 2 Apr. Desirable Leasehold Tavern and Tea Gardens, with capital and productive Watercress Bed. 1876 P. Lacroix Manners, Customs & Dress during Middle Ages & during Renaissance Period 155 We find in the ‘Ménagier’, amongst a long list of the common soups the receipts for which are given.., watercress soup, cabbage soup, cheese soup, and gramose soup. 1906 Daily Chron. 21 Aug. 7/6 Extensive watercress beds. 1923 W. G. R. Francillon Good Cookery (ed. 2) 102 (heading) Watercress soup. 1978 P. Moyes Who is Simon Warwick? xii. 143 Tea had been laid out..silver teapot and milk jug, wafer-thin watercress sandwiches. 1998 Univ. Oxf. Bot. Garden News Autumn 20/1 Lyde Garden across the road was originally watercress beds and now a water garden with moisture-loving plants. 2009 Daily Tel. 11 Feb. 24/4 Lunch on..Gomeran specialities: watercress soup, tortilla and goats' cheese spiked with molo sauce at Bar Maria. < as lemmas |
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