单词 | osha |
释义 | oshan. An American lovage, Ligusticum porteri (family Umbelliferae); an extract of this used as a herbal medicine for its analgesic and antiviral properties. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > medicinal and culinary plants > medicinal and culinary plant or part of plant > [noun] > lovage luvestichec1000 lovagec1300 libstick1688 Scotch lovage1731 Scotch parsley1774 smellage1836 sea-parsley1843 osha1889 1889 Bot. Gaz. 14 ii. 279 This is the ‘Osha’ of the Indians, who use its very large aromatic roots. 1895 L. A. Sayre Study Veg. Kingdom 259 The root of Ligusticum filicinum, Osha or Colorado Cough Root, has enjoyed some notoriety as an expectorant. 1947 L. S. M. Curtin Healing Herbs 139 Oshá, highly valued mountain herb, occurs as a dwarf and also as a plant of considerable size. 1992 R. Anaya Albuquerque xvii. 197 She would wash the wound with osha and dress it with fresh bandages. 2002 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 9 Aug. a12 The osha root was commonly used as a strong analgesic and mild antiviral but today, a global market for the plant has left it endangered. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmasOSHA OSHA n. U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Act (also Administration). ΚΠ 1971 New Acronyms & Initialisms (Gale Research Co.) 56/1 OSHA, Occupational Safety and Health Act (1970). OSHA, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Department of Labor). 1989 C. R. Wilson & W. Ferris Encycl. Southern Culture 1395/1 Before the enactment of OSHA, the textile industry was barely awake of problems with cotton dust. 2000 Wall St. Jrnl. 18 Sept. a14/2 The shipping and delivery giant assumed that nearly every ergonomics suggestion OSHA has given it in the pas decade would be mandatory. < n.1889 as lemmas |
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