单词 | greater celandine |
释义 | > as lemmasgreater celandine greater celandine n. a yellow-flowered perennial plant, Chelidonium majus (family Papavaraceae), of western Eurasia, containing various toxic alkaloids, and considered to have medicinal properties. ΚΠ 1569 R. Androse tr. ‘Alessio’ 4th Bk. Secretes 55 Take the greene rootes of Celendine the greater, and braye them with Brimstone, and annoint therwith the place. 1605 J. Mosan tr. C. Wirsung Gen. Pract. Physick 3rd Index sig. Lll2 Scrophularia major, the greater Celandine, or the greater figwort. 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 618 The greater Celandine is hot and dry in the third degree, and of a clensing facultie. 1732 tr. H. Boerhaave Elements Chymistry I. 22 If the greater Celandine be prick'd, you get a golden juice in which its virtue resides. 1802 A. F. M. Willich Domest. Encycl. IV. 377 Take a handful of the tops of rue, and a similar portion of the greater celandine. 1903 Cornhill Mag. Aug. 46 My favourite [garden weed] of all, the Greater Celandine, in Somerset called the Witches' Flower. 2008 A. Al-Achi Introd. Bot. Med. vi. 80 Greater celandine (Chelidonium majus) is another herb with antispasmodic action. However, this herb is highly toxic to the liver. < as lemmas |
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