英语词汇“butterwort”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

butterwort

/ˈbʌtəwəːt

noun

A carnivorous bog plant which has violet flowers borne above a rosette of greasy yellowish-green leaves that trap and digest small insects, found in both Eurasia and North America.

Genus Pinguicula, family Lentibulariaceae: several species, in particular the common butterwort (P. vulgaris).

Skylarks sang over the wetlands, carnivorous butterworts were in violet flower and cotton grass fluffed up the land....

The violet flowers of butterworts nod manically at the roadside, seeming too delicate for this windswept terrain.
There are many more plants that will thrive in medium light, among them Irish moss, Tahitian bridal veil, heart-leaved philodendron, pitcher plant, and butterwort.

Origin

Late 16th century: named from the plant's supposed ability to keep cows in milk, and so maintain the supply of butter.

单词	butterwort
释义	butterwort /ˈbʌtəwəːt / noun A carnivorous bog plant which has violet flowers borne above a rosette of greasy yellowish-green leaves that trap and digest small insects, found in both Eurasia and North America. Genus Pinguicula, family Lentibulariaceae: several species, in particular the common butterwort (P. vulgaris). Skylarks sang over the wetlands, carnivorous butterworts were in violet flower and cotton grass fluffed up the land.... The violet flowers of butterworts nod manically at the roadside, seeming too delicate for this windswept terrain. There are many more plants that will thrive in medium light, among them Irish moss, Tahitian bridal veil, heart-leaved philodendron, pitcher plant, and butterwort. Origin Late 16th century: named from the plant's supposed ability to keep cows in milk, and so maintain the supply of butter.
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