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salsify的意思

salsify

英 ['sælsɪfɪ] 美 ['sælsəfi]
  • n. 婆罗门参

salsify

英文词源


salsify (n.)
biennial plant, 1710, from French salsifis, earlier sercifi, sassify (16c.), probably from Italian erba salsifica, from Old Italian salsifica, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Latin sal "salt" + fricare "to rub."