| 单词 | salad burnet |
| 释义 | salad burnet in British English (ˈsæləd ˈbɜːnɪt) noun burnet (sense 1) burnet in British English (ˈbɜːnɪt) noun 1. a plant of the rosaceous genus Sanguisorba (or Poterium), such as S. minor (or P. sanguisorba) (salad burnet), which has purple-tinged green flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads 2. burnet rose 3. burnet saxifrage 4. a moth of the genus Zygaena, having red-spotted dark green wings and antennae with enlarged tips: family Zygaenidae Word origin C14: from Old French burnete, variant of brunete dark brown (see brunette); so called from the colour of the flowers of some of the plantssalad burnet in American Englishnoun a plant, Poterium sanguisorba, of the rose family, native to Eurasia, having rounded heads of small, greenish flowers in short spikes and edible leaves Word origin [1850–55]This word is first recorded in the period 1850–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cloakroom, heavyweight, overprint, runoff, segue |
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