| 单词 | lombardy maidenhair |
| 释义 | > as lemmasLombardy maidenhair 1. Either of two types of fern, not clearly distinguished in early use, with delicate fronds and hairlike stalks: (a) Adiantum capillus-veneris, a fern (often cultivated) with delicate, pale green, fan-shaped pinnules, which occurs in shady humid habitats in subtropical and warm temperate parts of the world and was formerly much used in medicine (formerly also †black maidenhair, †Lombardy maidenhair, or †true maidenhair); (gen.) any fern of this genus, e.g. the North American A. pedatum; (b) (now rare, perhaps Obsolete) any of several spleenworts (in later use always with distinguishing word); esp. maidenhair spleenwort, Asplenium trichomanes (also common maidenhair).English, white maidenhair: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > maidenhair fern waterwortOE maidenhairc1300 adianthus1526 maidenweed1526 adiantum1548 coliander1548 polytrichon1550 Venus' hair1551 well-fern1565 Our Lady's hair1597 capillary1646 maidenhair fern1833 the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > spleenworts maidenhairc1300 finger fern1548 scale-fern1548 stone-rue1548 wall rue1548 tentwort?1550 ceterach1551 stone-fern1552 English maidenhair1562 male fern1562 miltwaste1578 spleenwort1578 stonewort1585 white maidenhair1597 milt-wort1611 mule's fern1633 rusty-back1776 maidenhair spleenwort1837 sea-spleenwort1850 sea-fern1855 scaly spleenwort1859 black adiantum1866 c1300 in T. Hunt Pop. Med. 13th-cent. Eng. (1990) v. 238 Capillus Veneris .i. maydynher. a1400 Alphita (Selden) (1887) 29 Capillus ueneris,..maydenher. ?a1425 (?1373) Lelamour Herbal (1938) f. 44 Mayden here in watry valeys..hath levis lyke verne, and in þe medill..a smale black here. c1450 Med. Recipes (BL Add. 33996) in F. Heinrich Mittelengl. Medizinbuch (1896) 102 Take..verueyne, maydenher [etc.]. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 53 I sau madyn hayr of the quhilk ane sirop maid of it is remeid contrar the infectione of the melt. 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 157v Trichomanes (that is our English Maydens heare) is supposed to haue the same vertue that the Lumbardy Maydens heare hath. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 982 Venus haire, or Maiden haire, is a lowe herbe growing an hand high, smooth, of a darke crimson colour, and glittering withall. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 984 Of English or common Maiden haire. 1648 J. Bobart Catalogus Plantarum Horti Medici Oxoniensis 2 Blacke Maidenhaire, or maleblacke ferne. 1683 T. Tryon Way to Health xvi. 543 Take..a pint and half, Tincture of Saffron and Syrup of Maidenhair. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 74/1 The English Maiden-hair is a small spiry stalk with two round leaves fixed to the side [etc.]. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 318 Maiden-hair, English black, Asplenium. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxxii. 492 True Maiden-hair..is used, or supposed to be so, in the syrup of Capillaire. 1855 C. Johnson Ferns Great Brit. 52 Asplenium trichomanes. Common wall spleenwort. Common maiden-hair. 1901 C. T. Mohr Plant Life Alabama 311 Adiantum pedatum... Maidenhair... Rich shady woods. 1961 W. P. Keller Canada's Wild Glory iv. 170 The maiden's hair is..among the most fragile and beautiful of our native ferns. 1987 C. Lloyd Year at Great Dixter 72 The other hardy maidenhair is A[diantum] venustum, which makes a low sward. < as lemmas |
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