单词 | pauls betony |
释义 | Paul's betonyn. Now historical. Common or heath speedwell, Veronica officinalis. Later also (by confusion): (a) thyme-leaved speedwell, V. serpyllifolia; (b) U.S. bugleweed, Lycopus virginicus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Scrophulariaceae (figwort and allies) > [noun] > Veronica or speedwell lemkea1300 God's eye?a1350 waterlink?a1425 brooklimea1450 fluellin1548 Paul's betony1548 wood-penny1570 water pimpernel1575 ground-hele1578 speedwell1578 wild germander1578 germander chickweed1597 leper's herb1600 lime-wort1666 water purpy1683 water-speedwell1690 beccabunga1706 rock speedwell1719 Welsh speedwell1731 germander speedwell1732 St. Paul's betony1736 vernal speedwell1796 wall speedwell1796 cat's-eye1817 wellink1826 skull-cap1846 forget-me-not1853 veronica1855 angels' eyes1862 horse-cress1879 faverel1884 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). < n.1548 |
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