thoroughwort
/thur-oh-wurt, -wawrt, -uh-wurt, -uh-wawrt, thuhr-/US // ˈθɜr oʊˌwɜrt, -wɔrt, -əˌwɜrt, -əˌwɔrt, ˈθʌr- //
蒲公英,彻骨草,蒲公英属植物,彻头彻尾
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : boneset.
Examples
I suppose she thought my guilt would bring its own punishment, for she probably knew the thoroughwort would make me sick.
O, there is nothing equal to thoroughwort for keeping out the cold.
But dont forget to first take a dose of the thoroughwort syrup.
Says I, "Cease instantly, or my sickness will increase; for such talk is like thoroughwort or lobelia to my moral stomach."
The first person he met was Miss Persis Tame, who turned her back and fell to picking thoroughwort blossoms as he came up.
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