单词 | inula |
释义 | inulan. A plant so called by Pliny, Columella, and other Roman writers; identified by medieval herbalists with Elecampane ( Inula helenium Linn.); hence, in Botany, the name of the large genus of Compositæ to which the elecampane belongs. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > elecampane horsehealc1000 spearwortc1000 greatworta1300 scabwortc1450 elecampane1541 horse-elder1597 helenium1608 inula1822 dahlin1826 1813 T. Busby tr. Lucretius Nature of Things ii. Comm. xix The inula was a sweet sauce made by the Romans from the herb of the same name.] 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 512 The officinal inula of our own day, however, does not appear to be that of the Latins..let the quality of the Roman inula be what it may, we do not seem to possess the plant in the almost tasteless and inert root employed under this name in our own day. DerivativesCategories » inuˈlaceous adj. Botany allied to or typified by the genus Inula. Categories » inulic adj. /ˈɪnjuːlɪk/ Chemistry of or pertaining to inula: in inulic acid, a crystalline substance obtained by heating inulol ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1887). ˈinulin n. [-in suffix1] Chemistry a white starchy substance (C6H10O5), obtained from the roots of elecampane and other Compositæ. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > other substances > [noun] > substances in roots > others inulin1813 smilacin1836 turpethin1868 1813 H. Davy Elements Agric. Chem. iii. 105 Inulin is so analogous to starch, that it is probably a variety of that principle. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 624/1 Starchy material called inulin, which differs from ordinary starch in being coloured yellow by iodine. 1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 629 In some tubers (as the dahlia, artichoke, &c.), the starch is replaced by inulin. ˈinuloid n. a soluble modification of inulin, occurring in the roots of Jerusalem artichoke, dahlia, etc. ΚΠ 1875–9 H. Watts Dict. Chem. 2nd Suppl. 670 Inuloid,..this is a soluble modification of inulin..Dried over sulphuric acid it has the composition C12H20O10. 2H2O. ˈinulol n. a yellowish peppermint-smelling liquid (C15H20O2), obtained from the root of Inula. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1813 |
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