单词 | lousewort |
释义 | > as lemmaslousewort lousewort n. †(a) Stinking Hellebore, Helleborus fœtidus; (b) any plant of the genus Pedicularis, esp. P. palustris and P. sylvatica; (c) Yellow Rattle, Rhinanthus Cristagalli; (d) Delphinium Staphisagria (Britten & Holland). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Scrophulariaceae (figwort and allies) > [noun] > lousewort or red rattle lousewort1578 rattle grass1578 red rattle1578 mimmulus1633 pipeweed1702 wood betony1886 Indian warrior1897 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Liliaceae family or plants > [noun] > hellebore > bear's foot settergrassa1400 bear's foot1551 setterwort1551 lousewort1578 lousy grass1597 oxheal1597 helleboraster1656 the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > cock's-comb yellow rattleOE coxcomba1500 penny-grassa1500 cockcomb1687 rattlebox1866 fiddle-cases1878 lousewort1901 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. xxvi. 351 Louswurt..Fuchsius counteth for a kinde of blacke hellebor. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 913 Of red Rattle, or Lousewoort. 1756 J. Hill Brit. Herbal 120 Our farmers have an opinion that sheep feeding on them [Coxcombs] become subject to vermin, whence the English name lousewort. 1901 Speaker 21 Sept. 692/2 Yellow louse-worts. < as lemmas |
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