| 词汇 | scoots |
| 词源 | scoots; scootberry. Scoots was 19th-century American slang for diarrhea (which sent one scooting to the outhouse), and be- cause the sweetish red berries on the shrub Streptopus roseus almost always acted as a physic on youngsters who eagerly ate them, the plant was named the scootberry. |
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