One or more plants of doubtful identity (see quots.).
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > unidentified or variously identified plants > [noun] (45) smearwortc725 One or more plants of doubtful identity (see quots.). evenlesteneOE A plant used in herbal medicine (perhaps dog's mercury, Mercurialis perennis, or annual mercury, M. annua). hovec1000 The name of some plant, considered by an early glossator to be a ‘viola’ or violet; in the Promptorium identified with hayhove, Ground Ivy. hindheala1300 A plant: see quots. vareworta1300 A plant of doubtful identity. falcc1310 Apparently some plant. holwort1350 The name of a plant: cf. hollowwort, n., hulwort, n. spigurnela1400 Some plant. rush?a1425 With distinguishing word. Any of various plants (esp. sedges) of families other than the Juncaceae, thought to resemble the rush in some way. buck's tonguec1450 Some rough leaved herb; perhaps Bugloss, or Prickly Ox-tongue. lich-walec1450 a plant (see quots.). lich-wortc1450 a plant (see quots.). vine-bind1483 (see quots.). finter-fanter?a1500 The name of a herb. heartwood1525 (Apparently) = heartwort, n. 1. Obsolete. rare. wake-wort1530 Some plant. Our Lady's gloves1538 (a) = bacchar, n.; (b) foxglove, Digitalis purpurea (cf. lady's glove, n.). bacchar1551 A plant variously identified by botanists. (Baccharis is now applied to an American genus of Compositæ.) hog's snout1559 a plant (not identified: perhaps sowthistle or dandelion); cf. swine snout, n. 2. centron1570 Probably: the plant centaury. lady's glove1575 Any of various plants having flowers borne in clusters resembling the fingers of a glove. sharewort1578 any of several plants once used for the treatment of buboes or other inflammations in the groin; esp. Aster trifolium and certain other members of… kite's-foot1580 Name of some herb. Obsolete. Magdalene1589 A desert plant (not identified). Cf. maudlin, n. Obsolete. astrophel1591 A bitter plant mentioned by Spenser with red flowers which fade to blue. eileber1597 Some plant; in Gerard's ‘List of names gathered out of antient, written and printed copies’ identified with Alliaria (i.e. Sauce-alone, A. officinalis… exan1597 blue butterflower1599 a plant having blue flowers (not identified, perhaps a species of butterwort). bybbey1600 Some kind of herb. oenothera1601 A plant (not identified) having narcotic properties, mentioned by Pliny. Obsolete. rhodora1601 A plant with nettle-shaped leaves (not identified and perhaps apocryphal). Obsolete. rare. shamefaced1605 absol. (See quot. 1605.) mouse-foot1607 A plant (not identified) resembling or suggestive of a mouse's foot. Byzantine1621 Old name of some herb. Obsolete. popinjay1629 A kind of plant with green or variegated leaves, apparently a pot-herb (not identified). Obsolete. priest's bonnet1685 (a) a plant (not identified, perhaps = priest's hood n.); (b) = priest's cap n. (b). Indian weed1687 Chiefly U.S. A North American plant (not identified). Obsolete. rare. foal-bit1706 (see quots.). shepherd's bodkin1706 (see quot. 1706). bottle-head1714 A kind of knapweed (genus Centaurea) found in southern Europe. Cf. bluebottle, n. 1a. Obsolete. rare. walking leaf1718 Any of various insects belonging to the phasmid genus Phyllium or related genera, the female of which has a flattened body and limbs with irregular… French apple1736 a flowering plant (not identified). bugleweed1771 A herbaceous plant with bright blue flowers found in alpine regions of Europe, perhaps a member of the family Scrophulariaceae. Obsolete. rare. night-weed1810 (perhaps) = nightshade, n.1 1. beggar-weed1878 (see quot.). |
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