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单词 thoroughwax
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Definition of thoroughwax in English:

thoroughwax

(also thorowax, throughwax, thorowwax)
noun ˈθʌrəwaks
  • An annual plant with oval perfoliate leaves and umbels of small greenish-yellow flowers with conspicuous bracts, Bupleurum rotundifolium (family Apiaceae), native to Eurasia and formerly a weed of arable land. Also (with modifying word): any of several other plants of the genus Bupleurum. Also called hare's-ear.

Origin

Mid 16th century; earliest use found in William Turner (d. 1568), naturalist and religious controversialist. In some forms from thorough- + wax.

 
 

Definition of thoroughwax in US English:

thoroughwax

(also thorowax, throughwax, thorowwax)
nounˈθʌrəwaks
  • An annual plant with oval perfoliate leaves and umbels of small greenish-yellow flowers with conspicuous bracts, Bupleurum rotundifolium (family Apiaceae), native to Eurasia and formerly a weed of arable land. Also (with modifying word): any of several other plants of the genus Bupleurum. Also called hare's-ear.

Origin

Mid 16th century; earliest use found in William Turner (d. 1568), naturalist and religious controversialist. In some forms from thorough- + wax.

 
 
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