单词 | elecampane |
释义 | elecampanen. 1. A perennial composite plant, Horse-heal ( Inula Helenium), with very large yellow radiate flowers and bitter aromatic leaves and root; formerly used as a tonic and stimulant. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > elecampane horsehealc1000 spearwortc1000 greatworta1300 scabwortc1450 elecampane1541 horse-elder1597 helenium1608 inula1822 dahlin1826 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. lviii. 948 Enula is an herbe and is yclepid [emended in ed. to ofte yclepid] enula campana. ?1540 Treas. of Poore Men 62 Elena campana.] 1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 91 Drinke therof..with the water of wilde carettes, or elycampane. 1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth xix. sig. J.iv The rootes of Enulacampana soden tender. 1562 W. Bullein Bk. Simples f. 15v, in Bulwarke of Defence Enula campana, which we common plain people call Alacompano. 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 21 Innula is called..in Englishe Elecampane or Alecampane. 1599 Life Sir T. More in W. Wordsworth Eccl. Biog. (1853) II. 47 The fume of hilicampana is very pleasing. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. xlii. 256 The wine wherein the roote of elicampane hath steept..is singular good against the colicke. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 91 Elecampane..sprang first (as men say) from the teares of Ladie Helena. 1634 R. H. tr. Regim. Salerni 141 1657 W. Rumsey Organon Salutis (1659) v. 29 Afterwards eat of the said Cordial made of Enulacampane, etc. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 52 Enula campana. 1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis 141 Elecampain grows in many Places of England. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxvi. 396 The true Elecampane is distinguished by its large..wrinkled leaves, downy underneath. 1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 532 Elecampane has been prescribed since the time of Hippocrates. 2. a. A species of sweetmeat flavoured with a preparation from the root of this plant. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > other sweets scrochat1448 gobbet riala1500 Portugal1560 sugar-pellet1591 muscadine1599 moscardino1616 rock candy1653 covering-seeds1687 lollipop1784 turn-over1798 lavender-sugar1810 humbug1825 kiss1825 elecampane1826 Gibraltar1831 yellow man1831 rose cake1834 cockle1835 maple candy1840 butterscotch1847 sponge candy1850 squib1851 honeycomb1857 marshmallow1857 motto kiss1858 fondant1861 coffee cream1868 candy-braid1870 candy bar1885 suckabob1888 nut bar1896 crackerjack1902 teiglach1903 red-hot1910 violet cream1912 mouldy1916 patty1916 lace1919 Tootsie Roll1925 sugar mouse1931 Parma1971 cinder toffee1979 1826 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life (ed. 11) II. 312 Some long-forgotten bonbon of your boyhood (treacle, elecampane, stick liquorice). 1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xxv. 244 I don't know how he spent it except in hardbake and alycompaine. 1875 F. I. Scudamore Day Dreams 128 I have admired Napoleon in marble, I have eaten him in elecampane. b. attributive. ΚΠ 1610 G. Markham Maister-peece ii. lii. 298 Powders of brimstone and elecampany roots. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Wine Elecampane Wine, Vinum Enulatum, is an Infusion of the Root of that Plant, with Sugar and Currants, in white Port. 1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 498 Its [Helenin] taste and smell are similar to those of elecampane root. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1541 |
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