hound's tongue

短语

词形变化

hound's tongues 复数

别名

houndstongue hound's-tongue

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of genus Cynoglossum of small-flowered herbs and shrubs of the Old World

  2. 2.

    Any of genus Cynoglossum of small-flowered herbs and shrubs of the Old World

    especially, a biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale) with soft tongue-shaped leaves and an offensive odour. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

herb

词源

From Middle English houndestonge, from Old English hundes tunge (“hound’s tongue (cynoglossum officinale)”), a calque of Latin cynoglossos, itself from Ancient Greek κυνόγλωσσον (kunóglōsson, literally “hound’s tongue”). Compare Dutch hondstong, German Hundszunge.

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