“tower mustard”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

tower mustard

释义

ˈtower ˈmustard Herb.
[So named, according to Britten and Holland, from its habit of growth. According to Linnæus, called Turritis (Tournefort) as being ‘alta et stricta’.]
Popular name of a cruciferous plant, Turritis glabra, found on banks and cliffs. Called also towers treacle, towerwort, and sometimes tower cress.
1597Gerarde Herbal ii. xxii. 212 Towers Mustarde, of some hath beene taken for a kinde of Cresses.1731Miller Gard. Dict., Turritis, Tower-Mustard.1842C. W. Johnson Farmer's Cycl. s.v., Turritis, from turris, a tower; the foliage is so disposed on the stems as to give them a pyramidal form, and for the same reason the plants are called tower-mustard.
b. Sometimes applied to Arabis Turrita (see tower-cress); also called bastard tower mustard.
1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 320 Mustard, Bastard Tower, Arabis.1866Treas. Bot. s.v. Mustard, Mustard, Tower..also Arabis Turrita.1874Gray Man. Bot. (ed. 5) 69 A[rabis] perfoliata, Lam. (Tower Mustard).

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