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单词 pauls betony
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Paul's betonyn.

Brit. /ˌpɔːlz ˈbɛtəni/, /ˌpɔːlz ˈbɛtn̩i/, U.S. /ˈpɔlz ˈbɛtn̩i/, /ˈpɑlz ˈbɛtn̩i/
Forms: see Paul's n. and betony n.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Paul , betony n.
Etymology: < the genitive of the male forename Paul (see Paul's n.), anglicized form of the name of Paulus Aegineta , 7th-cent. physician who described the plant as a betony + betony n. Compare post-classical Latin betonica Pauli (see quot. 1548; also 1570 in a British glossarial source).
Now historical.
Common or heath speedwell, Veronica officinalis. Later also (by confusion): (a) thyme-leaved speedwell, V. serpyllifolia; (b) U.S. bugleweed, Lycopus virginicus.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Scrophulariaceae (figwort and allies) > [noun] > Veronica or speedwell
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St. Paul's betony1884
1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. B.vv Betonica Pauli aeginete..maye be called in englishe Paules Betony or wodde Peny ryal.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xvii. 26 Paules Betony, Herbe Fluellyn, or Speedewell.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. vi. 101 Betonica Pauli, or Pauls Betony, hereof the people have some conceit in reference to S. Paul, whereas indeed that name is derived from Paulus Ægineta, an ancient Physitian of Ægina. View more context for this quotation
1757 Philos. Trans. 1756 (Royal Soc.) 49 807 Male Speedwell, or Fluellin, or True Paul's Betony... What is sold for it in the shops..is the Veronica pratensis minor of Gerard.., called Little or Smooth Fluellin or Paul's Betony, which is abundantly more common than the true sort.
1777 E. Jacob Plantæ Favershamienses 121 V[eronica] serpyllifolia, little, or smooth Speedwell, or Paul's Betony.
1785 M. Cutler in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1 405 This plant [sc. Lycopus] has been mistaken for a species of the Veronica, and is generally known by the name of Paul's Betony.
1886 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names 371 Paul's Betony, Veronica officinalis, L. [citing Lyte (1578), Gerard (1597)].
1922 H. W. Felter Eclectic Materia Medica 464 Lycopus... Common Names: Bugle Weed, Sweet Bugle, Paul's Betony.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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