| 单词 | majo bitters |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmajo bitters A West Indian shrub, Picramnia antidesma (family Simaroubaceae); (also) a medicinal preparation of the bark of this plant, formerly used to treat fevers, venereal diseases, and colic (more fully majo bitters). Also called macary bitter. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > non-British medicinal trees or shrubs > other non-British medicinal trees or shrubs snake-wood1598 velvet-leaf1707 macary bittera1726 majoa1726 ahuehuete1778 cucumber-tree1784 bilimbi1790 rohuna1829 chaulmoogra1832 juriballi1834 horse-cassia1864 yaw-weed1864 cundurango1871 Chile senna1874 cancer bush1888 quinine tree1905 kankerbos1913 hydnocarpus1928 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > decoction or infusion > [noun] > specific decoction or infusion sabras?c1225 tisanea1398 tamarisk1597 wort1694 sage tea?1706 poppy tea1709 yapon tea1723 herb-tea1744 spring juices1751 balm-tea1752 camomile-tea1753 uva ursi1753 nettle tea1758 bush tea1768 quassia1778 majo bitters1866 Mexican tea1866 a1726 H. Barham Hortus Americanus (1794) 96 Majoe, or Macary Bitter. This admirable plant hath its name from Majoe, an old negro woman,..who, with a simple decoction, did wonderful cures. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 727/2 There is only one species [of Picramnia], viz. the antidesma, or murjoe bush. 1801 T. Dancer Med. Assistant 363 Stomachics, Tonics..Majoe bitter. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 886/2 In the West Indies the negroes use an infusion of Picramnia Antidesma, a shrub about eight feet high, as a cure for colic and other complaints, under the name of Majo-bitters. 1887 Colonial & Indian Exhib., London 1886: Rep. Colonial Sections 256 ‘Majoe bitter’..has been lately introduced into medicine in the United States under the name of ‘Honduras bark’ or ‘Casc[ar]a amarga’. 1981 E. S. Ayensu Medicinal Plants W. Indies 171 Picramnia antidesma, majoe bitters. < as lemmas |
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