| 单词 |
rosewort |
| 释义 |
ˈrosewort Bot.
[f. rose n. + wort n. In sense 1 prob. ad. G. rosenwurz, Du. roosen-wortel (Kilian).]
1. = roseroot 1. Now rare.
1578Lyte Dodoens 341 Rosewurt or the roote savering like the Rose, groweth in Macedonia and Hungarie. 1597Gerarde Herbal 416 Rosewoort hath manie small, thicke, and fat stems, growing from a thicke and knobby roote. 1611[see rose-root 1]. 1796Withering Brit. Pl. (ed. 3) II. 389 Yellow Rose-wort, Rose-root. Mountains of Westmoreland [etc.]. 1806Med. Jrnl. XV. 70 Yellow rose-wort. Rose-root... Leaves numerous,..fleshy, sea-green, sometimes tinged with purple. 1866Treas. Bot. 992/1.
†2. = orpine 2. (Cf. roseroot 2.) Obs.
1725Fam. Dict. s.v., They dry the Leaves of Rose-Wort, and..hang 'em up in some high Place that is expos'd to the..Sun. 1758Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall 233 Rose-wort, Telephium roseum, gathered..among the rocks at the Land's End.
3. pl. Lindley's name for the Rosaceæ.
1845Lindley Sch. Bot. (1862) 58 Order XXIII. Rosaceæ.—Roseworts. 1846― Veget. Kingd. 564 That Roseworts have some intimate relationship with Myrtleblooms is proved by Appleworts. |
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