| 单词 | laxative rhamn |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslaxative rhamn Any of various thorny shrubs, mostly of the family Rhamnaceae; esp. Christ's thorn, Paliurus spina-christi (also rhamn of Lybia) and common buckthorn, Rhamnus cathartica (also laxative rhamn); also rhamn thorn. Also: the berry of such a plant. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorny berry-bush > [noun] > buckthorn or rhamnus bushes and parts rhamna1425 rhamnus1562 buckthorn1578 hart-thorn1607 purging buckthorn1706 shittim1878 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > buckthorn bush or berry rhamna1425 rhamnus1562 buckthorn1578 Rhine berry1578 hart-thorn1607 purging thorn1653 purging buckthorn1706 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in dyeing > trees or shrubs yielding dyes > [noun] > buckthorn bush or berry rhamna1425 rhamnus1562 buckthorn1578 hart-thorn1607 purging buckthorn1706 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Judges ix. 14 Alle trees seiden to the ramne, ether theue thorn [a1425 E.V. thorn; L. rhamnum], ‘Come thou, and be lord on vs.’ a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) lvii. 9 Rammyn, that thai call thefthorne. 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 115 The fruyt or rounde ramnes. 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1153 Christes Thorne or Ram of Lybia. 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. xxvii. 1154 Of Buckthorne, or laxatiue Ram. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 197 Among the diuers kinds of brambles, is reckoned the Rhamne... This Rham beareth many flours. 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) iii. 1334 White floured Ram-thorne. 1681 E. R. Experienced Farrier (ed. 2) 184 Bucks-thorn or Laxative Ram, the Berries as they are in taste bitter, so they are binding, and are also hot and dry in the second degree. 1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iv. ii. 188 When any Person was seiz'd with a dangerous Distemper, it was usual to fix over their Doors a Branch of Rhamn. 1790 J. Bell Bell's New Pantheon I. 263/1 The laurel, the sallow-tree, the rhamn, or Christ-thorn, flea-bane.., and a number of others. 1869 A. Dean Hist. Civilization II. 220 When anyone was dangerously sick, they fixed over his door a branch of rhamn or common buck-thorn and laurel. 1895 F. T. Elworthy Evil Eye 446 Rhamn or Christ-thorn. < as lemmas |
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