| 单词 | devil's-bit scabious |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdevil's-bit scabious 2. A perennial herbaceous plant native to Europe, western Asia, and Africa, Succisa pratensis (family Caprifoliaceae), having a rosette of entire leaves, a head of purplish-blue florets with long stamens, and a root which terminates abruptly. In later use more fully devil's-bit scabious.Some of the early uses at sense 1 (see note at that sense) may instead show earlier currency of this sense. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Dipsacaceae (teasel and allies) > [noun] > scabious or devil's bit scabiousc1400 devil's-bit1526 fore-bit1597 forebitten more1597 gypsy flower1620 widow flower1789 fire-leaves1796 mourning bride1811 gypsy rose1830 mournful widow1846 starhead1852 1526 Grete Herball ccxcv. sig. R.i/1 Morsus diaboli, is ye deuylles bytte and is so called by cause the rote is blacke and semeth that it is iagged with bytynge. 1568 W. Turner Herbal iii. 43 The devils bite is called in common Latine Morsus diaboli & succisa. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. lxxiv. 110 Deuels bit groweth in dry medowes. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. xlii. 264 Diuels-bit (so called because it sheweth as though the middle or the hart of the roote were gnawed or bitten by some diuel..as though the diuell did enuie the good which it bringeth vnto men by the incredible vertues that are therein). 1673 N. Grew Idea Phytol. Hist. ii. i. 60 That Plant superstitiously called Devils-bit; which is not so originally, but part thereof rotting off, the living remainder becometh stumped or seemeth bitten. 1747 J. Wesley Primitive Physick 75 Drink daily for six Weeks, a strong Decoction of Devil's Bit. 1854 S. Thomson Wanderings among Wild Flowers (ed. 4) iii. 247 The root which seems to be ‘bitten’ off is the natural appearance..and..has given rise to the appellation ‘devil's bit scabious’. 1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 353/1 With its roundish violet-blue flower-heads and protruding reddish anthers, devil's-bit is easily mistaken for sheep's-bit..but prefers damp places—meadows, stream-banks, rocky grassland. 2002 Kew Winter 7/4 It is also home to other seldom-seen wildflowers such as..devils-bit scabious. < as lemmas |
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