单词 | mentha |
释义 | Menthan. Botany. A genus of the family Lamiaceae ( Labiatae), consisting of various strongly aromatic plants, esp. herbs, with spikes or whorls of small lilac flowers having four equal stamens and a four-lobed corolla; (also mentha) a plant of this genus, a mint.The genus includes such herbs as spearmint, Mentha spicata subsp. spicata, peppermint M. × piperita, and pennyroyal, M. pulegium. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > [noun] > mint or wild mint minteOE minteOE horse-minta1300 crisp mint1578 fish-mint1578 brook mint1597 cross-mint1597 Mentha1731 corn-mint1796 crisped mint1829 1564 P. Moore Hope of Health sig. Eviiiv Mynthes. Menta. 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole x. 480 Mentha. Mintes.] 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. (at cited word) Mentha is likewise so call'd of Mens, Lat. the Mind, because this plant strengthens the Mind. 1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. III. 2089/1 Under this genus [sc. Mint] are comprehended the mentha, menthastrum, and pulegium, or penny-royal of authors. 1824 D. Douglas Jrnl. 15 Dec. (1914) 98 Mentha perennial; introduced, in the abandoned fields. 1846 Penny Cycl. Suppl. II. 272/1 The odour of the leaves, somewhat resembling a mentha. 1882 Cent. Mag. June 227/1 The valleys..yield a rich variety of the smaller honey-flowers, such as mentha, lycopus, micromeria..and other mints. 1937 A. B. Rendle Bentham & Hooker's Handbk. Brit. Flora (ed. 7) 357 Gipsy-wort. Herbs, with the habit and flowers of Mentha, but with only 2 stamens. 1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. (1956) 117/1 Plants that will thrive in partial shade include..mentha (ornamental mint). 1994 W. B. Zomlefer Guide Flowering Plant Families 268/1 Condiments and perfumes from..Hyssopus (hyssop), Lavandula (lavender), Mentha (peppermint, spearmint). Compounds mentha camphor n. rare menthol.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > general plant-derived medicines savineOE liquoricec1275 verjuice1302 sandragon1334 sugar roset1363 acaciaa1398 agnus castusa1398 sebestenc1400 socotrine aloesa1425 tapsimelc1425 valencec1425 aconitum?a1450 hypericum1471 cassia1543 guaiacum1553 guaiac1558 butcher's broom1578 solanum1578 liquorice-stick1580 symphonia1597 tabasheer1598 diascord1605 orange-bead1626 oxymel of squills1654 Japonic earth1673 terebinthina1693 terebinthinate1696 pareira brava1698 rhabarbarate1716 Japan earth1718 buglossate1725 squill1725 phytolacca1730 nettle juice1747 xanthoxyloïn1767 mustard whey1769 Jesuits' drops1783 digitalis1785 arnica1788 mel-rose1790 gallic acid1791 valerian1794 sacred elixir1797 drosera1801 Spanish juice1803 mudar1819 sabadilla1821 parillin1825 mudarin1829 salicin1830 sang1843 peppermint camphor1854 pareira1855 savanilla1856 euonymin1862 menthol1862 phytolaccin1864 alstonia1868 agoniadin1870 guimauve1870 gelsemium1875 iridin1879 hazeline1880 tub-camphor1880 echinacea1887 jacaranda1887 hamamelin1890 quillain1890 vieirin1893 thiolin1894 mentha camphor1902 hamamelis1910 phytohaemagglutinin1949 adaptogen1966 1902 Webster's Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Suppl. Mentha camphor,..same as menthol. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1731 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。