| 单词 | rattlesnake master weed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrattlesnake master weed master weed n. U.S. (in full rattlesnake master weed) a plant regarded as yielding an antidote for rattlesnake bites (cf. rattlesnake master n. at rattlesnake n. Compounds 1). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > antidote > [noun] > antidotes to snake-bite > plant or plant-derived snake-wood1598 snake-weed1631 snake-root1635 contrayerva1648 Virginia snake-root1694 senega1738 mungo root1741 guaco1834 master weed1843 1843 F. Marryat Narr. Trav. M. Violet II. vi. 134 I beheld five or six stems of the rattlesnake master weed. 1843 F. Marryat Narr. Trav. M. Violet II. vi. 138 I removed..the poultice of master weed. 1965 J. F. Dobie Rattlesnakes 25 In her state a certain wild hyacinth is so well known as a master weed that if one rattlesnake is bitten by another it at once seeks this plant, eats some of it, and recovers. 2014 D. A. Swanson Golden Weed v. 156 Gabe White..remembered using herbaceous plants, such as ‘master weed’, mayapple, ‘Peter's root’, and sweet William, to treat sickness. < as lemmas |
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