单词 | field southernwood |
释义 | > as lemmasfield southernwood field southernwood n. an artemisia, Artemisia campestris, commonly found on open land. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > Artemisia or mugwort mugworteOE artemisiaOE mugweeda1400 motherwort1440 matricary1523 French wormwood1548 holy wormwood1548 sea-mugwort1548 sea-wormwood1548 tree wormwood1548 Roman wormwood1551 southernwood1577 garden cypress1578 mouse-wort1607 field southernwood1739 sage1805 hyssop1807 sage-bush1807 appleringie1808 absinth1841 sage-brush1850 1739 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. II. at Abrotanum Abrotanum campestre incanum, carlinæ odore... Hoary Field Southernwood, with a Smell like the Carline Thistle. ?1768–9 Encycl. Brit. (1771) I. 428/1 There are 23 species of artemisia, only 4 of which are natives of Britain, viz. the campestris, or field-southernwood [etc.]. 1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. III. 262 Field Southernwood..is a very rare plant..The involucre is of a purplish-brown colour. 1980 R. Stark Bk. of Aphrodisiacs 89 Field Southernwood, Artemisia campestris, employed medicinally in much the same way as Southernwood, is not as potent. < as lemmas |
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