| 单词 | agrimony |
| 例句 | "I was pressed to think of a description less likely to help me identify agrimony when I saw it." The Old Ways by Robert Macfarlane – review 2012-05-31T07:00:02Z The only trace of affectation, indeed, is in a certain dabbling, in earlier work, with names of jewels such as "chrysoprase," and plants such as "euphrasy" and "agrimony." Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z A. Eupatoria, or common agrimony, was formerly of much repute as a medicine in England. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide That agrimony leaves will cure cattle suffering from coughs, and that wounded deer use this same herb to heal their hurts. The Old English Herbals Give decoction of agrimony four times a day. Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles The banks were covered with trees, and tall reeds, and masses of purple willow herb, and agrimony, and yellow ragwort, which were reflected in the dark waters of quiet pools. The Madcap of the School He wanted agrimony, but did not see any; but he did find yarrow in abundance. The Hero of Ticonderoga or Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys By the hedge the agrimony frequently lifts its long stem, surrounded with small yellow petals. Nature Near London The desmodium, the bidens, the agrimony and the cocklebur, which stick to your clothes even as late as February, are only using you as a Moses to lead their children to their promised land. Some Winter Days in Iowa The narrow path winding through the vineyards was bordered with cat-mint, agrimony, vervain, and camomile. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine There was quite a clearing in the middle, with soft, mossy grass and clumps of hemp agrimony, and actually a small apple-tree with nine apples upon it. The Madcap of the School Is not ——'s last novel a better antidote against melancholy, stupendously absurd as it is, than foalfoot or plantain, featherfew or savin, agrimony or saxifrage, or any other herb in old Robert Burton's pharmacopoeia? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 Yellow spikes of agrimony and the fine pink flowers of the musk-mallow mingled with the wiry broom and the waving bracken about the rocks. Two Summers in Guyenne Then she set about grubbing up roots of hemp agrimony where they grew. Lying Prophets Their look was sure death, but they could be poisoned by a draught compounded of agrimony, dill and vervain. Masters of the Guild And seeing them there among the grass and springing agrimony, it suddenly occurred to him that both pairs were exceedingly ugly to see. The Invisible Man Occasional visitors alighting on the agrimony for pollen may distribute some, but the little blossoms chiefly fertilize themselves. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors |
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