| 单词 | witch meal |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswitch meal witch meal n. a fine flammable powder consisting of ripe spores of the common clubmoss, Lycopodium clavatum; (also) the clubmoss itself.Cf. vegetable brimstone n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other vegetable materials > [noun] > lycopodium witch meal1792 lycopodium1836 vegetable brimstone1838 lycopode1866 vegetable sulphur1887 1792 B. Thompson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 82 66 Semen lycopodii, commonly called witch-meal. 1897 Homœpathic Pharmacœpia U.S. (Amer. Inst. Homœpathy) ii. 375 Lycopodium clavatum... Synonyms..; English, Club moss, Stag's horn, Witch meal, Wolf's claw, Vegetable sulphur. 1973 E. Hvass Plants that Feed & Serve Us 168/1 Witch-meal has been used in fireworks as it burns with a shining flame... In the old days it was believed that witch-meal sprinkled about was a protection against witches and sorcery. < as lemmas |
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