hound's tongue
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 houndestonge
- 继承自 ←古英语 hundes tunge “hound’s tongue (cynoglossum officinale)”
- 源自 ←拉丁语 cynoglossos
- 源自 ←古希腊语 κυνόγλωσσον
词源说明
From Middle English houndestonge, from Old English hundes tunge (“hound’s tongue (cynoglossum officinale)”), a calque of Latin cynoglossos, itself from Ancient Greek κυνόγλωσσον (kunóglōsson, literally “hound’s tongue”). Compare Dutch hondstong, German Hundszunge.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- Any member of the genus Cynoglossum of small-flowered herbs and shrubs of the Old World.