单词 | witches' meat |
释义 | > as lemmaswitches' meat ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [noun] > tremella fungi fairy butter1700 witches' butter1718 Tremella1760 witch butter1847 witches' meat1849 the world > plants > particular plants > algae > [noun] > nostoc star slime1440 slime1471 nostoc?1609 star shot1653 star1666 star jelly1702 shot star1811 witches' meat1849 will-o'-the-wisp1863 witches' butter1922 1835 G. T. Burnett Outl. Bot. I. 231 By our foresters they are variously named, according to their forms and consistences, ‘Witch-guts’, ‘Witch-meat’, and ‘Witches'-butter.’] 1849 Visitor, or, Monthly Instructor Dec. 473/2 They are of a yellowish, whited, or brown colour, and woodmen call them witches' meat. 1867 Chambers's Encycl. IX. 531/2 Tremella..Several species are found in Britain. In some places, they receive such popular names as Witches' Meat and Witches' Butter. < as lemmas |
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