| 单词 | oxberry |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoxberry oxberry n. English regional (a) black bryony, Tamus communis; (b) the fruit of the cuckoo pint, Arum maculatum. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > bryony neepOE hound's-berrya1300 smear-nepa1400 white vine?a1425 psilothre?1440 black vine1552 bryony1552 tetter-berry1597 Mary's seal1600 psilothrum1601 wild vine1607 lady's seal1617 black bryony1626 Our Lady's signet1640 poison-withe1693 felon-berrya1715 cow-bind1820 bryony-vine1842 oxberry1859 wood-vine1861 mandrake1886 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Araceae (wake-robin and allies) > [noun] > fruit of the wake-robin lip-berrya1609 oxberry1859 1859 E. Capern Ballads & Songs (new ed.) 168 Rich as the cornelian, with its ruby sheen, Is the ox-berry wreath round the bramble seen. 1861 Phytologist May 159 In the counties of Worcester, Salop, and Hereford, the root of the Tamus communis is accounted as a good specific for the rheumatism, outwardly applied, and it is generally known to the natives under the name of Oxberry Root. 1882 E. L. Chamberlain Gloss. W. Worcs. Words 22 Oxberry, the berry of the Arum maculatum. The juice is used as a remedy for warts. a1903 W. C. Boulter in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 396/2 Red oxberries, growing in wreaths in the hedges, used for chilblains. 1974 W. Leeds Herefordshire Speech 86 Oxberry, black bryony. < as lemmas |
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