Jupiter's beard

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A common name for various plants:; The red valerian, Centranthus ruber uncountable
  2. A common name for various plants:; Aster linosyris, a European plant with yellow flowers. obsolete,uncountable
  3. A common name for various plants:; The silverbush, Anthyllis barba-jovis, a European shrub with silvery leaves. uncountable
  4. A common name for various plants:; The common houseleek, Sempervivum tectorum. uncountable
    — 1658: Thus […] nature […] somewhat after this manner hath ordered the bush in Jupiters''' beard, or houseleek; which old superstition set on the tops of houses, as a defensative against lightening, and thunder. — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 181)
  5. A common name for various plants:; A white-edged fungus, Hyphodontia barba-jovis. uncountable

词源

Calque of Latin barba Iovis.
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