单词 | horseradish |
释义 | horseradishn. 1. A cruciferous plant ( Cochlearia Armoracia), with white flowers and broad rough leaves, a native of middle Europe and western Asia, commonly cultivated for its root (see 2). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > yielding condiments or used in food preparation > [noun] > yielding horse-radish armorace?1440 redcolec1440 rifart?1541 horseradish1597 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 186 Horse Radish bringeth foorth great leaues. 1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 263 Vegetables which abound with a pungent volatile Salt and Oil, as..Horse-Radish, Cresses. 1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 732 Horse-Radish is a Native of most hilly situations in Europe,..flowering in May. 2. The thick rootstock of this plant, which has a very pungent flavour, and is scraped or grated down as a condiment. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [noun] > horse-radish redcolec1440 rifart?1541 horseradish1625 chrain1924 1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines Pref. sig. Bv The Germanes in diuerse places..boyle wilde or horse radishes with their beefe. 1769 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. House-keeper xvi. 330 Pour it on your Parsley, with two or three Slices of Horse-radish. 1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. vi. 150 His prejudices as a gentleman and a scholar were offended by the absence of horse-radish. Compounds attributive and in other combinations, as horseradish root. ΚΠ 1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. ix. 559/1 On the edulcorated Pouder, affuse Oil of Turpentine drawn off from Horse-radish-roots. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > ale > [noun] > flavoured ale Welsh aleeOE braggetc1405 buttered ale1547 sage ale1584 wormwood-ale1603 bragoes1605 mace-ale1605 China-ale1659 horseradish ale1664 butter ale1666 1664 S. Pepys Diary 16 Sept. (1971) V. 272 He would needs have me to drink a cup of Horse-redish ale. horseradish tree n. (a) a tree ( Moringa pterygosperma), a native of India, cultivated in tropical countries for its pod-like capsules, which are eaten fresh or pickled, and for its winged seeds (ben-nuts), from which oil of ben is obtained; the root resembles horseradish in flavour; (b) in Australia, a name for Codonocarpus cotinifolius (N.O. Phytolaceæ): see quot. 1889. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > poplars and allies > [noun] > Australian poplar mustard tree1619 poplar1700 horseradish tree1859 native poplar1889 Queensland poplar1890 radish tree1898 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plant, nut, or bean yielding oil > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding oil > tropical > ben-nut > ben-nut tree murunga1681 Moringa1693 horseradish tree1859 1859 All Year Round 3 Dec. 127/1 Horse-radish trees, giving perfumers and watchmakers that famous oil of Ben, which can hardly ever be obtained pure. 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 164 Called also ‘Horse-radish Tree’, owing to the taste of the leaves. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1597 |
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