| 单词 |
stachys |
| 释义 |
‖ stachys|ˈsteɪkɪs|
[L. stachys (Pliny), a. Gr. στάχυς (Dioscorides), a transferred use of στάχυς ear of corn.
The plant called stachys by Pliny is described as resembling a leek, with longer and more numerous leaves, a yellowish colour, and an agreeable smell; used as an emmenagogue. The reason for the modern application of the name is obscure.]
†a. In early use app. a name for clown's woundwort, Stachys palustris. Obs.
b. Bot. A genus of plants of the N.O. Labiatæ, of which there are two British species, S. palustris (see a.) and S. sylvatica, popularly hedge nettle. Also a plant of this genus. Cf. rabbit's ear 1.
1562Turner Herbal ii. 146 Stachis is a little bushe lyke vnto hore hounde. 1682Wheler Journ. Greece i. 52 A kind of small Stachys, with silver leaves. 1789W. Aiton Hortus Kewensis II. 300 Wood Stachys, or Hedge-nettle..Fl[owers] July and August. 1882Garden 28 Oct. 385/3 The only species of Stachys that can really be termed a garden plant. 1876Pall Mall Gaz. 18 Oct. 4/1 These places are where the corn stachys has overspread the ground. |
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