单词 | palmchrist |
释义 | † palmchristn. Obsolete. rare. The castor oil plant, Ricinus communis; = Palma Christi n. 1(b). In later use archaic (in biblical allusion). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > castor-oil plant or bean ricinusOE oil treea1425 Palma Christic1450 man's motherworta1500 tick-seed1562 tick-weed1563 finger orchis1597 kick1597 steadfast1597 palmchrist1611 oil-nut1694 oilseed1760 castor-oil bean1814 castor-bean1819 castor-oil plant1839 1611 Bible (King James) Jonah iv. 6 And the Lord God prepared a gourd [margin Or palmecrist], and made it to come vp ouer Ionah, that it might be a shadow ouer his head. View more context for this quotation 1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 286 We have each, his own palmchrist; and our palmchrist has its own worm. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1611 |
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