| 单词 | well grass |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswell grass well grass n. any of several water plants; esp. watercress, Nasturtium officinale; cf. well-girse n., well-cress n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > leaf vegetables > cress cressa700 town cresseOE fen-cressc1000 well-cressOE nasturtiumOE watercressc1300 garth-cress?14.. watercress?a1450 women's meadwort?a1450 garden cressa1500 peppergrass?a1500 nosewort1563 nosesmart1589 water-rocket1605 nosewort1608 well grassa1646 cresson1657 water grass1708 tongue-grass1726 poor man's pepper1738 marsh-rocket1739 passerage1879 a1646 D. Wedderburn Vocabula (1685) 18 Nasturtium aquaticum, well-grass. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Well-kerses, water-cresses, called also wall- or well-grass. 1915 Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric. No. 205. 21 Water-cress... Other names are well-cress or -grass, water-kers, -kars, [etc.]. 1999 L. Page Detoxification 228 Watercress, Nasturtium officinale... Common Names: poor man's bread, well grass, teng tongues and billers. < as lemmas |
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