- butter leaves
- noun plural
Etymology: so called from their use in packing butter1. : garden orach2. : beet3. : alpine dock
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
butter leaves
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butter-and-eggs — /but euhr euhn egz /, n., pl. butter and eggs. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) any of certain plants whose flowers are of two shades of yellow, as the toadflax, Linaria vulgaris. [1770 80] * * * or toadflax Common perennial herbaceous plant… … Universalium
butter and eggs — Toadflax Toad flax , n. (Bot.) An herb ({Linaria vulgaris}) of the Figwort family, having narrow leaves and showy orange and yellow flowers; called also {butter and eggs}, {flaxweed}, and {ramsted}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
butter lettuce — noun Date: 1972 a lettuce (as Bibb or Boston lettuce) with a soft loose head of tender oily mild flavored leaves … New Collegiate Dictionary
butter lettuce — /ˈbʌtə lɛtəs/ (say butuh letuhs) noun a type of lettuce with soft loosely packed leaves and a mild buttery flavour …
butter-print — noun tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber; naturalized in southeastern Europe and United States • Syn: ↑velvetleaf, ↑velvet leaf, ↑velvetweed, ↑Indian mallow, ↑China… … Useful english dictionary
