scorzonera

scorzonera
[ˌskɔːzə(ʊ)ˈnɪərə]
noun
  1. a plant of the daisy family with tapering purple-brown edible roots
    鸦葱。 亦称black salsify, viper's grass
  2. Scorzonera hispanica, family Compositae
    拉丁名Scorzonera hispanica,菊科
    ■[mass noun]the root of this plant used as a vegetable
    西班牙鸦葱根
语源
  1. early 17th cent.: from Italian, from scorzone, from an alteration of medieval Latin curtio(n-) 'venomous snake' (against whose venom the plant may have been regarded as an antidote)
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