单词 | oleraceous |
释义 | † oleraceousadj. Obsolete. 1. Of the nature of a pot-herb; obtained from a pot-herb. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > wild and cultivated plants > food plant or vegetable > [adjective] > of or relating to pot-herbs oleraceous1659 olitory1664 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > herb > [adjective] oleraceous1659 olitory1664 1659 R. Lovell Παμβοτανολογια sig. ****3v All fetid things, of an unpleasant smell, and corrupted; as the oleraceous, (especially the wild,) except lettuce and succorie. a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) i. 28 An herby and oleraceous vegetable. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 568 The oleraceous, and especially the mucilaginous demulcents. 1848 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 No. 6. 329 Caterpillars of various..moths that infest oleraceous plants. 1872 tr. L. Figuier Veg. World (new ed.) 563/2 Oleraceous, used as an esculent potherb. 2. Belonging to the division Oleraceae or Holeraceae in Linnaeus's proposed natural system, generally corresponding to the family Chenopodiaceae and including various edible herbs, such as spinach and beet. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having petals > not having petals apetalous1706 herbaceous1785 oleraceous1785 petalless?1803 apetaloid1861 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xvii. 228 Among the Oleraceous plants in the natural orders of Linnæus, by other authors called Apetalous. Such are all the Goosefoots... Beet is very nearly allied to these... The Glassworts are also of this Oleraceous tribe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < adj.1659 |
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