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单词 matricaria
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matricarian.

Brit. /ˌmatrᵻˈkɛːrɪə/, U.S. /ˌmætrəˈkɛriə/
Forms: also with capital initial.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin matricaria.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin matricaria feverfew, mugwort (14th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin mātrīc- , mātrīx matrix n. + -āria -ary suffix1. (The plant was so called on account of supposed medicinal properties; compare birthwort n., Aristolochia n.) Compare Spanish matricaria (c1100), Italian matricaria (1499), Middle French, French matricaire (1539), Portuguese matricária (1813), and post-classical Latin matricalis matrical adj., applied to the herb vervain. Compare earlier matricary n.Earlier in post-classical Latin matricarius denoted a type of soldier (isolated examples from the 3rd and 6th centuries).
1. The plant feverfew, Tanacetum parthenium.The name matricaria, though no longer botanically correct, is sometimes still used by gardeners for cultivated varieties of Tanacetum parthenium.
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feverfewOE
adrelwurta1300
featherfew?a1300
whitewort?c1400
matricary1523
St. Peter's wort1526
parthenium1548
matricaria1664
wild wormwood1696
mugworta1726
whitehead1864
golden feather1867
feather-bow1880
flirt-wort1882
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. cc. 527 The second kinde of Feuerfew, Matricaria, or Parthenium, differeth from the former, in that it hath double flowers.]
1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 65 in Sylva Transplant such Fibrous-roots as..Hellebor, Matricaria.
1706 J. Gardiner tr. R. Rapin Of Gardens i. 49 Now Matricaria rears Her Silver Blooms.
1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I Matricaria (so call'd from the Matrix, because this plant is very good against diseases of the womb).
1787 J. Abercrombie Every Man his Own Gardener (ed. 11) 584/1 Matricaria, or Fever-few.
1807 R. Morris & J. Kendrick Edinb. Med. & Physical Dict. II The peculiar flavour of the matricaria, exhales in the evaporation, and impregnates the distilled water.
1885 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. IV. ii Matricaria-camphor, a camphor isomeric with laurinol, obtained from the oil of feverfew.
1962 Amateur Gardening 17 Feb. 5 The new matricarias such as Snow Dwarf.
1996 Pract. Gardening June 67/1 Butter the edge of your container with the annual Matricaria ‘Butterball’ and you will have a feast of subtle colours.
2. In form Matricaria. A genus of Eurasian plants of the family Asteraceae ( Compositae), mostly having white ray florets and yellow discs, which includes wild chamomile, Matricaria recutita, and the pineapple weed, M. discoidea; (also matricaria) a plant of this genus.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) II. 890, after J. Pitton de Tournefort Inst. Rei Herbariæ (1700) I. 493. Linnaeus included feverfew in his genus Matricaria, as M. parthenium.
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matricaria1754
camomile1859
matricary1886
pineapple weed1908
1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. III. 2009/1 Matricaria, Feverfew, in botany, a genus of the syngenesia polygamia superflua class of plants, the compound flower of which is radiated.
1890 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon (at cited word) Oil of Matricaria, a thick tenacious volatile oil obtained from the flowers of M. chamomilla.
1952 P. Mann Systematics Flowering Plants ii. 171 Bees dislike the smell of Matricaria, and it is pollinated by flies of various kinds.
1976 Hortus Third (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) 717/2 Matricarias require only the usual treatment for annuals and perennials.
1988 Bot. Jrnl. Linn. Soc. 96 299 Five other species as well as two former Matricaria species are transferred into a new genus, Oncosiphon.
1993 Planta Medica 69 436 Flavone content and glucosidase activity were analyzed in various species of the genera Chamomilla, Matricaria, and Anthemis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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