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- dusty miller (n.)



[dusty miller 词源字典] - common name for auricula, 1825, so called from the powder on the leaves and flower; millers, by the nature of their work, being famously dusty.[dusty miller etymology, dusty miller origin, 英语词源]
- kelpie (n.)




- 1747, Scottish, of unknown origin, perhaps related to Gaelic colpach "heifer, steer, colt;" colpa "cow, horse." The Lowland name of a demon in the shape of a horse that was reputed to haunt lakes and rivers and to delight in causing drownings. But unlike its equivalents in Danish (nøkken) and Icelandic (nykur), it occasionally was benevolent, especially to millers by keeping their streams running.