请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 sainfoin
释义

Definition of sainfoin in English:

sainfoin

noun ˈsanfɔɪnˈseɪnfɔɪnˈseɪnˌfɔɪn
mass noun
  • A pink-flowered plant of the pea family, which is native to Asia and grown widely for fodder.

    Onobrychis viciifolia, family Leguminosae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In August, open areas can be planted with perennial cover crops such as clover or sainfoin, sometimes called esparcet or holy clover.
    • Conversion of common land to enclosures made possible new practices: creating water meadows and growing new crops such as sainfoin and lucerne to augment supplies of animal winter fodder.
    • Alongside the orchids other wild flowers such as yellow-wort, sainfoin and stemless thistle grow in abundance.
    • Only in Flanders and a few contiguous districts was grain rotated with soil-restoring fodder crops, such as clover, lucerne, and sainfoin, and fallow thus eliminated.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from obsolete French saintfoin, from modern Latin sanum foenum 'wholesome hay' (with reference to its medicinal properties).

 
 

Definition of sainfoin in US English:

sainfoin

nounˈsānˌfoinˈseɪnˌfɔɪn
  • A pink-flowered plant of the pea family, which is native to Asia and grown widely for fodder.

    Onobrychis viciifolia, family Leguminosae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In August, open areas can be planted with perennial cover crops such as clover or sainfoin, sometimes called esparcet or holy clover.
    • Only in Flanders and a few contiguous districts was grain rotated with soil-restoring fodder crops, such as clover, lucerne, and sainfoin, and fallow thus eliminated.
    • Conversion of common land to enclosures made possible new practices: creating water meadows and growing new crops such as sainfoin and lucerne to augment supplies of animal winter fodder.
    • Alongside the orchids other wild flowers such as yellow-wort, sainfoin and stemless thistle grow in abundance.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from obsolete French saintfoin, from modern Latin sanum foenum ‘wholesome hay’ (with reference to its medicinal properties).

 
 
随便看

 

英语词典包含464360条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/23 14:17:57