| 释义 |
tinkar's (also tinker's) root or weed
See quots. (Also called fever-root and fever-wort.)
1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. (1788) 333/2 Doctor Tinker's Weed, Triosteum. 1882Oglivie, Tinkar's-root. (From Dr. Tinkar, who first brought the root into notice.) A North American shrub (Triosteum perfoliatum), N.O. Caprifoliaceæ, whose root is an emetic and mild cathartic. |