单词 | lithospermon |
释义 | lithospermonlithospermumn. A herb or sub-shrub of the genus so called, belonging to the family Boraginaceæ, native to Europe, northern Asia, or North America, and bearing white, yellow, or blue flowers. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Boraginaceae (bugloss and allies) > [noun] ribeOE hound's-tonguec1000 ox-tonguea1325 rotheren tongue?a1350 buglossa1400 dog's tongue?a1425 lungwort1538 anchusa1548 sheep's tongue1552 cowslip of Jerusalem1578 Our Lady's milkwort1578 pulmonaria1578 sage of Jerusalem1578 wild comfrey1578 maiden-lips1589 bugloss cowslip1597 viper's bugloss1597 viper's herb1597 ribbie1607 lithospermon1646 wall bugloss1650 lady's glove1668 Venus's navelwort1678 spotted comfrey1688 cynogloss1705 Jerusalem sage1736 lawn1778 Mertensia1836 stickseed1843 Virginian cowslip1856 bluebell1858 gooseberry fool1858 Jerusalem cowslip1866 borage-wort1882 echium1883 rose noble1886 milksile- the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > gromwell gromwella1350 millensole1545 graymill1548 mill of the sun1559 common gromwell1578 corn gromwell1578 pearl plant1578 lithospermon1646 milium solis?c1729 purple gromwell1783 stone-weed1847 lithosperm1865 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. vi. 101 Lithospermon, or grummell. View more context for this quotation 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Lithospermon, the Herb Stone Crop, Gromwell, or Graymil [printed Graynul]. 1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind vi. 123 The virtues of the lithospermum or stone-seed, in curing calculus. 1900 J. M. Abbott in W. D. Drury Bk. Gardening ix. 295 Lithospermums are showy rockwork plants. 1937 Daily Express 10 May 12/4 The lithospermum's name [sc. ‘Heavenly Blue’] is no exaggeration of its colour. 1966 ‘J. M. Berrisford’ Wild Garden II. 166 With their brilliant blue flowers and evergreen leaves the lithospermums are most desirable garden plants. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1646 |
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