“swallowwort”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

swallowwort

释义

swallowwort|ˈswɒləʊwɜːt|
[f. swallow n.¹ + wort; in sense 1 rendering early mod.G. schwalbenwurtz (cf. obs. Du. swaelemwortel) = med.L. hirundaria; in sense 2 rendering Du. zwaluwkruid = mod.L. chelīdonium, Gr. χελῑδόνιον (see celandine).]
1. The herb Vincetoxicum officinale, formerly called Asclepias (or Cynanchum) Vincetoxicum; from the form of the pods, suggesting a swallow with outspread wings. Hence extended to the genus Asclepias generally.
1548Turner Names Herbes 17 Asclepias..may be called in englishe Swallowurt.1651French Distill. ii. 52 Take Swallow-wort.1785Martyn Lett. Bot. xvi. (1794) 216 Common Swallow wort, or Tame poison.1822Good Study Med. III. 405 One or two species of asclepias or swallow⁓wort.
b. An umbelliferous plant, Elæoselinum (or Thapsia) Asclepium.
1866Treas. Bot.
2. The Greater Celandine, Chelidonium majus.
1578Lyte Dodoens i. xx. 31 The great Celandyne is called..in English Celandyne, Swallowurte, and of some Tetter⁓wurte.1635Swan Spec. Mundi (1670) 220 Celandine or Swallow-wort.1858Irvine Hand-bk. Brit. Plants Index.

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