salsify

英 ['sælsɪfɪ] 美 ['sælsəfi]
  • n. 婆罗门参

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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."

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