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moonwort

/moon-wurt, -wawrt/US // ˈmunˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt //UK // (ˈmuːnˌwɜːt) //

月草,月草属植物,月草花,月球草

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any fern of the genus Botrychium, especially B. lunaria, a rare fern having fronds with crescent-shaped leaflets.
    • : honesty.

Examples

  • Moonwort has (or perhaps had) a miraculous effect on iron, with power to open locks or unshoe horses.

  • Soldanel, sol′da-nel, n. a plant of the genus Soldanella, of the order Primulace—the blue moonwort.

  • I have the wild rosehip, and the flat shield of the moonwort, and a pea-pod, and more whose names I know not.