单词 | crosswort |
释义 | crosswortn. 1. A name of various plants having leaves arranged in the form of a cross, or whorl of four; esp. Galium cruciatum (also crosswort bedstraw); also of the non-British plants Vaillantia cruciata, Eupatorium perfoliatum, and the genus Crucianella. crosswort gentian, Gentiana cruciata. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Gentianaceae (gentians) > [noun] gentianOE fieldwooda1393 baldmoney1393 caresweeta1400 felwort1526 calathian violet1578 crosswort gentian1578 harvest-bell1597 gentianella1633 blue violet1649 marsh gentian1690 vernal gentian1728 pennywort1817 meadow pink1827 soap-gentian1845 soapwort gentian1845 autumn-bells1863 windflower1866 willow gentian1883 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Rubiaceae or Galiaceae (bedstraw, etc.) > [noun] wild madderc1450 crudwort15.. Our Lady bedstraw1527 Our Lady's bedstraw1543 galion1548 maidenhair1548 purple goose-grass1548 cheese renning1578 crosswort1578 golden mugget1578 petty mugget1578 lady's bedstraw1585 maid's hair1597 cheese rennet1599 runnet1678 field madder1684 mugweed1690 rondeletia1739 Richardia1755 petty madder1760 madderlen1770 galium1785 Sherardia1785 joint-grass1790 mugwort1796 bluet1818 bedstraw1820 madderwort1845 hundredfold1853 honeywort1863 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. lxxvii. 541 Croswort is a pale greene herbe, drawing nere to a yellow Popingay colour..The leaues be..smal..alwayes foure growing togither..in fashion lyke to a Crosse at euery ioynt. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 352 Crossewoort Gentian hath many ribbed leaues spred vpon the ground. 1757 W. Watson in Philos. Trans. 1756 (Royal Soc.) 49 853 Crosswort or Mugweed. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 352 Crucianella, a genus of herbaceous plants, called Crosswort and Petty Madder. 2. plural. A book-name for the family Cruciferæ (plants with cruciform flowers). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Cruciferae (crucifers) > [noun] mustard1597 crossworts1861 1861 P. Lankester Wild Flowers 29 [A] very extensive and useful family of plants—Cruciferæ or Crossworts. 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Cross-wort, any cruciferous plant. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1578 |
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