单词 | celandine |
释义 | celandinen. 1. The name of two distinct plants, bearing yellow flowers; by the old herbalists regarded as species of the same plant, and identified (probably correctly) with the ‘greater and lesser chelidonia’ of ancient writers. a. Common or Greater Celandine, Chelidonium majus (family Papaveraceæ); called by Lyte swallow-wort. Its thick yellow juice was formerly supposed to be a powerful remedy for weak sight. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > greater celandine celidonyc1000 celandinea1350 tetterworta1400 saladinec1430 swallow herb1578 swallowwort1578 a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 32 Wiþ celydoyne ant sauge. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 131 His [i.e. Ariel's] herbe also..Is celidoine freshe and grene. c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 644 Hec selidonia, solydyne. c1430 Bk. Hawkyng in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 297 Take the jus of salendyne. c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 712 Hec celidonia, celydoun. 1486 Bk. St. Albans B iv b Take the Juce of Salandyne and wete a morcell of flesh therin. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 291/2 Zalandyne an herbe, esclaire. 1538 W. Turner Libellus de re Herbaria at Chelidonivm Celendyne. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 53 I sau celidone that is gude to help the sycht of the ene. 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 15v The iuice of Selendine..maketh the eysight clere. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 224 The great Celendine, called in Greek Chelidonia, for that the old Swallows with the helpe of this hearb helpe their young ones to see again. 1610 G. Markham Maister-peece i. xcvi. 190 Generall Drenches. Take of selladine two handfuls, both root and leaues. 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋79 Celandin weepeth a golden juice. 1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 135 The juice of Common Celandine is of a bright orange colour. b. Small or Lesser Celandine, the Pilewort or Figwort, Ranunculus Ficaria. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > buttercup and allied flowers > allied flowers githa1382 nigellaa1398 gollana1400 pilewort?a1425 gold-knop1538 fig-wort1548 lucken gowan1548 melanthion1559 gold crap1571 bachelor's buttons1578 celandine1578 gold cup1578 Goldilocks1578 nigel1578 nigelweed1578 troll flower1578 peppergrass1587 golden cup1589 globe crowfoot1597 globeflower1597 winter aconite1597 kiss-me-twice-before-I-rise1664 devil-in-a-bush1722 globe ranunculus1731 turban1760 love-in-a-mist1787 love-in-a-puzzle1824 fair-grass1825 water buttercup1831 golden knobs1835 ficary1848 New Year's gift1856 bishop wort1863 fennel-flower1863 golden ball1875 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xx. 32 The small Celandyne was so called, bycause that it beginneth to spring and to floure, at the comming of the Swallowes. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. xlii. 257 The small celandine otherwise called pilewoort. 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Celadine, the name of a plant, pilewort, chelidonium. 1807 W. Wordsworth Poems I. 22 There's a flower that shall be mine, 'Tis the little Celandine. 1859 G. H. Lewes Sea-side Stud. 189 The dog-violet and the celandine are gay with colour. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > buttercup and allied flowers > marsh marigold kingcup1538 petty nenuphar1548 bassinet1578 brave celandine1578 marsh marigold1578 boots1597 caltha1599 mareblob1649 water boot1665 horse-blob1821 water-blob1821 molly-blob1854 May-blob1863 drunkard1886 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xx. 31 There is another herbe much like to small Celandyne in leaues and floures, the which we may call Marsh Marygolde, or Brave Celandyne. 3. tree-celandine n. Bocconia frutescens of the West Indies. ( Treasury Bot.) This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1350 |
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