| 单词 | gall of the earth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgall of the earth 6. gall of the earth [ < Latin fel terrae, French fiel de terre] : a name given to the Lesser Centaury, from its bitterness: cf. earth-gall n. Also applied to other plants, esp. the North American plant Nabalus serpentaria (N. Fraseri), a species of rattlesnake-root. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > centaury centauryeOE earth-galleOE feverfewOE Christ's ladderc1300 feltrikec1440 horse-galla1500 gall of the earth1567 gall-wort1577 marsh centaury1670 yellow-wort1783 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 37 Centorie is called the bitter Herbe..some cal it the gal of the earth. 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. 148 Out of the lesser centaurie, which some call the gaule of the earth, much salt is extracted. 1848 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Gall of the earth, a name given in North America to the plant Sonchus floridanus, a species of the Sow-thistle. 1857 A. Gray Man. Bot. (1860) 238 N[abalus] Fraseri. Lion's foot. Gall-of-the-earth. 1901 C. Mohr Plant Life Alabama 755 Gall of the earth. < as lemmas |
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