| 单词 |
lime-wort |
| 释义 |
▪ I. ˈlime-wort1 [f. lime n.1 + wort.] †1. The Catchfly, Silene Armeria. [So called because covered with a sticky substance.] Obs.
1597Gerarde Herbal ii. clxxxvi. (1633) 600 This plant called viscaria or Lyme-woort. 2. The Childing Pink, Dianthus prolifer. [So called from often growing on old mortar.]
1777Robson Brit. Flora 99. ▪ II. ˈlime-wort2, limpwort [f. *lime, *lempe (OE. hleomece) in brooklime, brooklempe.] The Brooklime, Veronica Beccabunga.
1666Merrett Pinax 6 Anagallis, sive Becabunga Brooklime..ab Herefordensibus Limpwort. 1851Eliza Cook's Jrnl. 5 July 149 The knapweed..the willow-herb and the lime-wort unfolding their simple many-coloured beauties. |

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