单词 | nigella |
释义 | nigellan. 1. Any plant of the genus Nigella (family Ranunculaceae), with finely dissected leaves, showy flowers, and numerous black seeds; esp. (a) black cumin, N. sativa; (b) love-in-a-mist, N. damascena. Also: the seeds of N. sativa, used for flavouring food or (formerly) for medicinal purposes. Also (in form Nigella): the genus itself.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) I. 534. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > specific seeds linseedc1000 lupinesa1398 nigellaa1398 cardamom?c1425 line1540 semendacy1714 ispaghul1810 ergot1860 Physostigma1864 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > buttercup and allied flowers > allied flowers githa1382 nigellaa1398 gollana1400 pilewort?a1425 gold-knop1538 fig-wort1548 lucken gowan1548 melanthion1559 gold crap1571 bachelor's buttons1578 celandine1578 gold cup1578 Goldilocks1578 nigel1578 nigelweed1578 troll flower1578 peppergrass1587 golden cup1589 globe crowfoot1597 globeflower1597 winter aconite1597 kiss-me-twice-before-I-rise1664 devil-in-a-bush1722 globe ranunculus1731 turban1760 love-in-a-mist1787 love-in-a-puzzle1824 fair-grass1825 water buttercup1831 golden knobs1835 ficary1848 New Year's gift1856 bishop wort1863 fennel-flower1863 golden ball1875 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 230 Some meneþ þat þis herbe [sc. gyth] is nigilla. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 230 Nigella sleeþ if he be ytake in grete quantite. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 43v In þe ende [of pannaricio] is competent oile with thure & nigella [?c1425 Paris cokel; L. nigella] to resolue. 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. D.iijv Git is named in greeke Melanthion, in englishe herbe Git or Nigella romana. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 53v Smalledge, Leekes, Nigella, that beyng once sowed, come vp euery yeere. 1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 84 Larkes spurre, Larkes claw and Lentiles, Garden Nigella, Mill, and Pionie. 1662 in Statutes at Large, Ireland (1765) II. 402 Nigella the pound 4d. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 384 You may continue to sow..Nigella, Candy Tufts, Poppy, and such Annuals as are not prejudiced by Frosts. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I Nigella, Fennel Flower, or Devil in a Bush. a1763 C. Smart Jubilate Agno (fragment C) in Poet. Wks. (1980) I. 106 Let Sherebiah rejoice with Nigella, that bears a white flower. For the horn is of plenty. 1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xx. 379 In some cases, (as in the nigella,) where the shafts of the pistils or styles are disproportionably long. 1845–50 A. H. Lincoln Familiar Lect. Bot. (new ed.) xv. 90 They [sc. the capsules] are monocephalous, as in the lily, or polycephalous, as in Nigella. 1881 E. Lynn Linton in G. S. Layard Mrs. Lynn Linton, her Life (1901) 206 Here there is nothing, excepting..that cottage flower (love in a mist)—the nigella. 1900 W. Robinson Eng. Flower Garden (ed. 8) 683/1 All the Nigellas should be sown in March, in light warm soil in the open border. 1989 Woman's Day (Melbourne) 26 Sept. 121/3 (caption) Nigella is available only from seed. ΚΠ ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 118v (MED) Gotez donge with acete & senissum, þat is, nigella, i. cokel, wiþ acete..ar praised of haly Abbas. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Alesnes Cockle, Corne-rose, field Nigella, wild Nigella. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) at Cockle A Weed call'd Corn-rose, Darnel, or field-Nigella. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1398 |
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