Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plant of the genus Laserpitium, especially L. latifolium.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) Any plant of the umbelliferous genus Laserpitium, of several species (as
Laserpitium glabrum , andLaserpitium siler ), the root of which yields a resinous substance of a bitter taste. The genus is mostly European.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
umbelliferous plant (Laserpitium latifolium) from which the resinlaser was obtained.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Again, if they would but serve you up simply roasted; but they rasp cheese into a mixture of oil, vinegar and laserwort, to which another sweet and greasy sauce is added, and the whole is poured scalding hot over your back, for all the world as if you were diseased meat.
The Birds 2000
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Again, if they would but serve you up simply roasted; but they rasp cheese into a mixture of oil, vinegar and laserwort, to which another sweet and greasy sauce is added, and the whole is poured scalding hot over your back, for all the world as if you were diseased meat.
The Birds 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes
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Again, if they would but serve you up simply roasted; but they rasp cheese into a mixture of oil, vinegar and laserwort, to which another sweet and greasy sauce is added, and the whole is poured scalding hot over your back, for all the world as if you were diseased meat.
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes
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