brankursine

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One of two species of acanthus, Acanthus spinosus or Acanthus mollis; bear's breech. uncountable
    — The roots and leaves of brankursine abound with a soft, insipid, mucilaginous substance; which is readily extracted by coction or infusion in water, and remains entire upon evaporating the liquid.

词源

From French branc-ursine, branch-ursine, from Latin branca (“claw”) + ursinus (“belonging to a bear”) (from ursus (“bear”)), i.e. "bear's claw", which its leaves resemble. Compare branch.
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