单词 | mudar |
释义 | mudarn. Either of two tropical shrubs of the genus Calotropis (family Asclepiadaceae), C. gigantea, of eastern Asia, and C. procera, of Asia and Africa, which have bark yielding a fibre and seed-floss which can be used like kapok. Also: a medicinal preparation of the root of either of these shrubs. Also called yercum. 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 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding fibre, etc. > mudar mudar1819 yercum1826 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 > mudar mudar1819 yercum1826 1819 Medico-chirurg. Trans. 10 32 The mudar rapidly recruits the constitution, heals the ulcers [etc.]. 1819 Medico-chirurg. Trans. 10 37 In the first variety I consider Mudarrh..as the sole effectual remedy. 1825 Trans. Med. & Physical Soc. Calcutta 1 86 I prescribed the Madár, to the quantity of five grains twice a day. 1838 J. Lindley Flora Medica §1144. 540 Under the names of Mador, Mudar, Akum, and Yercund, the root and bark..are used as..purgatives. 1858 H. Drury Useful Plants India 103 It yields a kind of manna called Mudar-sugar. 1868 B. H. Powell Hand-bk. Econ. Products Punjab I. 500/2 The floss of the madár is found within the large crescent-shaped seed vessels, as soon as they are ripe; but the stalk of the madár plant itself affords a tough coarse fibre which makes ropes of surprising strength. 1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 339/2 The alstonia..and the mudar gum..have also been recommended as substitutes for gutta percha. 1931 M. Grieve Mod. Herbal I. 154/1 Calotropis... Synonyms. Mudar Yercum... Description. The dried root freed from its outer cork layer and called Mudar. 1979 Jrnl. Chromatogr. 168 284 The occurrence of a protease in the latex of the madar plant (Calotropis gigantea). 1985 H. M. Burkill Useful Plants W. Trop. Afr. (ed. 2) I. 222 The ripe fruit contains a floss or ‘vegetable silk’ known as madar floss or akund, an Indian commercial term. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1819 |
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