henbit

n. [植]宝盖草(产于欧洲)

词形变化

henbits 复数 henbits

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An annual herb, of species Lamium amplexicaule, with pink or purple flowers and deeply crenate leaves.

  2. 2.

    Other species of plant that resemble L. amplexicaule, especially related species of deadnettle in the genus Lamium.

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词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

deadnettle

词源

Calque of Dutch hoenderbeet. By surface analysis, hen + bit (past participle of bite; bitten). First attested in 1578. Cognate with Middle Low German hennebit and German Hühnerbiss; all likely derived from Medieval Latin Morsus gallinae, the ancestor of Italian mordigallina, French morgeline and obsolete English margeline. See also chickweed.

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