| 单词 | consumption weed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasconsumption weed consumption weed n. chiefly North American any of several plants formerly used as herbal remedies in the treatment of consumption and various other conditions; spec. (a) wintergreen (genus Pyrola); (b) the groundsel tree, Baccharis halmifolia. ΚΠ 1828 C. S. Rafinesque Med. Flora U.S. I. 72 The P[yrola] rotundiflora, P. elliptica, and P. uniflora, are called vulgarly..Consumption Weed... Empirics employ them..in diseases of the breast, colds, wounds, ophthalmia, bad humours, weak nerves, and externally as blisters. 1849 Trans. Amer. Med. Assoc. 2 794 Baccharis halimifolia..Sea myrtle; consumption weed. Grows along the sea coast. 1972 M. J. Ursin Life in & around Salt Marshes 37 (caption) Groundsel tree, sea myrtle, consumption weed. Baccharis halimifolia... This treelike shrub has large, coarsely toothed leaves. 2002 W. G. Schmid Encycl. Shade Perennials ii. 137/1 Pyrola americana, wild lily-of-the-valley, American pyrola, canker lettuce, consumption weed,..roundleaf American wintergreen. < as lemmas |
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