goldthread
/gohld-thred/US // ˈgoʊldˌθrɛd //UK // (ˈɡəʊldˌθrɛd) //
金线,金丝楠木,金线图,黄金线
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a white-flowered plant, Coptis trifolia, of the buttercup family, having a slender, yellow root that is sometimes used as a tonic.
Examples
What could be more unassuming than goldthread and wood-sorrel?
Goldthread was official in the United States Pharmacopoeia from 1820 to 1880.
It is also applied to the stalk or petiole of a carpel, in the rare cases when there is any, as in Goldthread.
Story-'n'-a-half house, a good sullar, an' woods nigh-by full o' sarsaparilla an' goldthread!
I'm goin' into the pines arter some goldthread an' sarsaparil'.
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