| 单词 |
matricaria |
| 释义 |
‖ matricaria|mætrɪˈkɛərɪə| Also anglicized 6–7 matricarye, -ie. [med.L. mātrīcāria (Diefenbach), f. mātrīc-, matrix n. Cf. F. matricaire (16th c. in Littré). (The plant was so called on account of supposed medicinal properties.)] †a. The plant feverfew, Chrysanthemum Parthenium. (Obs.) b. Bot. A genus (Linnæus 1735, following Tournefort) of plants, belonging to the family Compositæ, originally including the feverfew and other species, which have since been separated and referred to other genera; a plant of this genus. (A well-known species is the wild camomile, M. Chamomilla.) c. attrib., as matricaria-camphor.
1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 220/2 Take redde Roseleaves, Camomille, & Matricarye. 1632Sherwood, Matricarie. 1664Evelyn Kal. Hort. Apr. (1679) 15 Transplant such Fibrous-roots..as Violets..Hellebor, Matricaria, &c. 1706J. Gardiner tr. Rapin of Gardens (1728) 49 Now on high Stems will Matricaria rear Her silver Blooms. 1767Abercrombie Ev. Man his own Gard. (1803) 704/1 Matricaria, or feverfew. 1885Cassell's Encycl. Dict., Matricaria-camphor, a camphor isomeric with laurinol, obtained from the oil of feverfew. 1890Syd. Soc. Lex. s.v., Oil of Matricaria, a thick tenacious volatile oil obtained from the flowers of M. chamomilla. |

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