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单词 meconology
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meconologyn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin meconologia.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin meconologia (1679 in the dictionary translated in quot. 1684) < Hellenistic Greek μηκωνο- , combining form (in e.g. μηκωνοϕόρος opium-bearing) of ancient Greek μήκων poppy (see meconium n.) + post-classical Latin -logia -logy comb. form. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (mīkŏnǫ·lŏdʒi) /miːkəˈnɒlədʒɪ/.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
A treatise on the poppy or on opium.
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the world > plants > botany > [noun] > book or treatise on plants > on specific types of plants
anthologic1601
anthology1658
Pomona1664
sylva1664
meconology1721
1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 189 Meconologia,..a Description of opium.]
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Meconology, a Description or Treatise of Opium.
1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Meconologia,..meconology.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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