单词 | oxbane |
释义 | oxbanen. Any of several plants injurious to cattle.In quot. 1585: bur-reed (genus Sparganium). In quot. 1895: the poison bulb of South Africa, Boophone disticha. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > [noun] > unidentified or unspecified plant oxbane1585 Samnitis1590 rot-grass1631 burn-cow1658 fish-poison1802 sheep-rot1808 vomit-grass1808 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 120 Butomum,..reedgrasse, or oxbane. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Mort aux bœufs Ox-bane; an hearbe whereof if an Ox eat, he dies forthwith of the Squinzie. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Ox-bane, a sort of herb. 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Oxbane, the Cape poison-bulb. 1931 O. Sitwell Coll. Satires & Poems ii. 112 Looking for eglantine, Columbine, celandine, Wolfsbane and oxbane..Deborah..Wanders through the meadows. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1585 |
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