单词 | golden saxifrage |
释义 | > as lemmasgolden saxifrage golden saxifrage n. either of two small creeping plants having rounded leaves and flowers with yellowish sepals and bright yellow stamens, Chrysosplenium oppositifolium and C. alternifolium (family Saxifragaceae), native to Europe and found in damp, shady places; (in later use also) any of the other plants of the genus Chrysosplenium. ΚΠ 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. cii. 288 The golden Saxifrage groweth in certayne moyst and waterie places. 1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden ccxxiii. 350 Golden Saxifrage is most like unto the before described, yet it differeth therefrom in that the Leaves are not hairy, but somwhat thicker and of a darker greene colour.., whereas also at the Joynts do come forth very small gold yellow flowers, not easily observed. 1863 M. Plues Rambles in Search of Wild Flowers 126 I have both the Golden Saxifrages; they have no corolla, but the calyx and stamens are of a brilliant gold colour. 1909 F. E. Hulme That Rock-garden of Ours vi. 162 The golden saxifrages—we have two of them in Britain—are closely allied botanically to the other saxifrages. 2002 P. Long Guide to Rural Wales v. 165/2 Not far away..is Bailey Einion, woodland home to lady fern, golden saxifrage, pied flycatchers, woodpeckers and cardinal beetles. Golden Saxifrage a. Any plant of the genus Saxifraga, esp. S. granulata (White Meadow Saxifrage). The numerous species are mostly dwarf herbs with tufted foliage and panicles of white, yellow or red flowers; many root in the clefts of rocks. Also applied to related plants, as the genus Chrysosplenium ( Golden Saxifrage), Pimpinella Saxifraga ( Burnet or Rough Saxifrage) and P. magna ( Great Saxifrage), Silaus pratensis ( Meadow or Pepper Saxifrage), the genus Seseli ( Meadow Saxifrage). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > saxifrage and allies > [noun] sengreenc1000 wayworta1300 saxifragec1440 stonebreak1548 grass of Parnassus1578 mountain pennywort1578 white liverwort1597 breakstone1688 Parnassia1727 mitella1731 lady's cushion1739 tiarella1759 American bastard sanicle1760 sanicle1760 mitrewort1771 queen's cushion1825 bishop's-cap1839 astilbe1843 coolwort1848 mitrewort1848 rodgersia1874 chrysosplene1877 rockfoil1879 old man's beard1882 foam flower1895 Indian rhubarb1897 mossy1938 piggyback plant1946 heucherella1949 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 442/1 Saxifrage, herbe, Saxifragium, Saxifragia. c1450 Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 163 Saxifragia uel saxifraga similis est pimpinello, radice utimur, ge. et ae. saxifrage. 1526 Grete Herball ccccxxxviii. sig. Ziij/2 De Saxifraga minori. The lesse saxifrage. 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. H.iiijv The englishe mens Saxifragia, which they cal Saxifrage, hath leaues lyke smal perseley, & it groweth in middowes. ?1550 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Healthe sig. N.vii Mingle it wyth Gillofloures and Sixfrag. 1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. O iiij Pimpinell or roughe saxifrage. 1568 W. Turner Herbal iii. 68 The white Saxifrage with the indented leafe is moste commended for the breakinge of the stone. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. cii. 287 Of white Saxifrage or Stone~breake. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. cii. 288 Golden Saxifrage. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 887 Burnet Saxifrage. Pimpinella Saxifraga. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xiii. 218 So Saxifrage is good, and Harts-tongue for the Stone. 1651 D. Border Πολυϕαρμακος και Χυμιστης 139 The root of Saxafrage drunk with Wine and Vinegar cureth the Pestilence. 1683 J. Ray Corr. (1848) 132 Whether the Seseli..be a species distinct from our English Meadow Saxifrage? 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xix. 277 Common White Saxifrage flowers early and in great quantities among the grass. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 295 Peucedanum Silaus..Meadow Saxifrage, or Sulphurwort. 1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 486/1 White or Granulated Meadow Saxifrage. 1846 Penny Cycl. Suppl. II. 547/1 Silaus pratensis, Meadow Pepper Saxifrage. 1858 C. Kingsley Chalk-stream Stud. in Misc. (1860) I. 164 The first stars of the white saxifrage,..which shine upon some green cushion of wet moss. < as lemmas |
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