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单词 parsley-bed
释义

parsley-bed

/ˈpɑːsliˌbɛd/
noun
1A bed or plot of parsley.
2 Figurative. In English nursery tradition: a parsley-bed as the pretended place where (especially girl) babies come from. Hence in extended use: the uterus; the female genitals. Compare gooseberry bush. Now rare.

Origin

Late Middle English; earliest use found in The Alphabet of Tales. From parsley + bed.

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