butterbur

/buht-er-bur/US // ˈbʌt ərˌbɜr //UK // (ˈbʌtəˌbɜː) //

牛油树,牛油果,牛油菌,黄芩

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : any of several composite plants of the genus Petasites, having large, woolly leaves said to have been used to wrap butter.

Its chief haunts, among the butterbur (Petasites), are in the northern counties from Cheshire to Durham.
The Common Butterbur grows in wet places, especially beside streams.
The flower of Butterbur, he writes, is the first to appear, before the plant or leaves.
As an instance of his manner we may cite his account of the Butterbur, of which his wood-cut is shown in Text-fig.
So, too, the butterbur of the river flowers before its great leaf comes.