单词 | ragwort |
释义 | ragwortn.1 1. a. Any of numerous plants of the genera Jacobaea and Senecio (family Asteraceae ( Compositae)), marked by irregularly lobed leaves and flat-topped clusters of radiate flower heads with typically yellow marginal ray flowers; esp. (more fully common ragwort) Jacobaea vulgaris, a troublesome weed of pastures in Eurasia that is introduced in other parts of the world, and was formerly used medicinally; = ragweed n. 2a. Cf. groundsel n.1In the United Kingdom ragwort is one of the five injurious plants specified under the Weeds Act of 1959. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > ragwort groundsela700 ragwortc1300 bunweeda1525 senecio1562 St. James's wort1578 rugwort1592 felon-weed1597 staggerwort1597 staverwort1597 yellow-weed1597 ragweed1610 swine's grassa1697 hogs madder1707 sea-ragwort1736 dog standard1767 Jacobaea1789 swinecress1803 benweed1823 fly-dod1826 mountain groundsel1830 cushag1843 fairies' horse1866 Oxford ragwort1884 c1300 in T. Hunt Pop. Med. 13th-cent. Eng. (1990) v. 241 Pernez..sauge, ragwort, ribwort, wodbynd .i. wethwynd, dayce, primrol. ?a1425 (?1373) Lelamour Herbal (1938) f. 67 (MED) Ragwort oþer flyfo berithe yelowe flouris like tansy and stynkith foule. c1450 Med. Recipes (BL Add. 33996) in F. Heinrich Mittelengl. Medizinbuch (1896) 205 (MED) Tak lytwort, bresewort, Rybwort, penywort..Ragwort, [etc.]. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 219 S. Iames his woort: the countrey people do call it..also Ragwoorte. 1652 N. Culpeper Eng. Physitian Enlarged 202/2 The greater common Ragwort hath many large and long dark green Leavs lying on the ground, very much rent and torn on the sides into many pieces. 1722 J. Miller Botanicum Officinale 241 The leaves of Ragwort are commended by some as good for..cleaning foul sordid Ulcers and Sores. 1779 Ld. Kames Gentleman Farmer (ed. 2) i. ix. 184 Ragwort in flower was never seen in a field pastured with sheep. Why? because that animal is excessively fond of it. 1803 J. E. Smith Eng. Bot. XVI. 1130 Senecio Jacobæa. Common Ragwort... In Yorkshire this plant is sometimes called Swine's Cresses. 1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands ii. viii. 176 In drier places, the handsome foxglove is beautifully contrasted with the golden yellow of the ragwort. 1922 G. M. Thomson Naturalisation Animals & Plants in N.Z. 512 The introduced ragwort..has become a common pest. 1949 Nature 2 July 30/2 The common ragwort (Senecio jacobœa Linn.) has been incriminated in Britain and elsewhere as the cause of fatal poisoning when eaten by livestock. 2004 P. J. Conradi Going Buddhist 168 Poisonous yellow ragwort beset the common approach-path. b. With distinguishing word, denoting particular species belonging (now or formerly) to the genera Jacobaea and Senecio.marsh, Oxford, purple, sea ragwort, etc.: see the first element. ΚΠ 1690 J. Ray Synopsis Methodica Stirpium Brit. 50 Jacobæa latifolia palustris sive aquatica... Broad-leaved Marsh, or Water-Ragwort. 1715 E. Halley in Philos. Trans. 1714–16 (Royal Soc.) 29 232 Sea Ragwort... This has been long cultivated as a great Ornament in gardens. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Jacobæa African Shrubby Ragwort, with cut Leaves, and the under-part of an Ash Colour. 1898 Bot. Gaz. 25 354 Other plants that are particularly noticeable are golden ragwort..and ladies' tresses. 1926 Nat. Hist. Oxf. District 72 A few brave adventitious plants may be seen on the walls, including the ubiquitous Oxford Ragwort. 1990 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 20 May d3/3 Golden Ragwort is an early blooming member of the daisy family with beautiful bright yellow flowers. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Umbelliferae (umbellifers) > [noun] > wild parsnip wild parsnip1538 ragwort1570 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Oiiiv/1 Ragworte, elephabascum [for elaphoboscon (Pliny) = Gk. ἐλαϕοβόσκον]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † ragwortn.2 Obsolete. The early purple orchid, Orchis mascula. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > orchids > early purple orchids standengussa1400 standelworta1500 gandergoose?1550 adder's grass1551 ragwort1552 cuckoo orchis1578 fool's ballocks1578 Palma Christi1578 standergrass1578 fool's stones1597 fox-stones1597 goat's stones1597 goat stones1597 testicles1597 dead man's finger1604 long purples1604 dead man's thumb1652 man orchis1670 monkey orchisa1678 meadow orchis1753 military orchis1784 male orchis1785 ram's horn1832 lady orchis1846 dead man's hand1853 scorpion plant1866 phalaenopsid1880 walking orchid1910 soldier orchid1934 1552 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Orchis... Some call it in English gandergoose some raggewoorte. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 265 As for Ragworts [margin, Orchis] they cure morimals also, either drie or greene. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Serapias, (Gr.) an Herb call'd Dog-stones, or Rag-wort. 1783 Ainsworth's Thes. Linguæ Latinæ (new ed.) ii Cynosorchis..also gander-goose, or rag-wort. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1c1300n.21552 |
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