| 单词 | lousewort |
| 释义 | lousewort[ lous-wurt, -wawrt ] / ˈlaʊsˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt / nounany plant belonging to the genus Pedicularis, of the figwort family, as the wood betony, formerly supposed to cause lice in sheep feeding on it: one species, P. furbishiae(Furbish lousewort ), of parts of Maine and New Brunswick, Canada, having finely toothed leaves and a cluster of yellow flowers, is endangered and was thought to be extinct until specimens were discovered in 1946 and again in 1976. Origin of lousewortFirst recorded in 1570–80; louse + wort2 Words nearby lousewortlourie, loury, louse, louser, louse up, lousewort, lousy, lousy with, lout, Louth, loutish Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lousewort
British Dictionary definitions for lousewortlousewort / (ˈlaʊsˌwɜːt) / nounany of various N temperate scrophulariaceous plants of the genus Pedicularis, having spikes of white, yellow, or mauve flowersSee also betony (def. 3) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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