| 单词 | rattlesnake weed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrattlesnake weed rattlesnake weed n. any of various North American plants, esp. †(a) a kind of Eryngium (cf. rattlesnake master n. (b)) (obsolete); (b) a hawkweed with purple-veined leaves, Hieracium venosum, occurring in open woods in the eastern U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Umbelliferae (umbellifers) > [noun] > eryngium eryngium1578 hundred-headed thistle1578 rattlesnake weed1651 Daneweed1737 fever-weed1759 friar's goose1861 spirit weed1926 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > hawkweed or bastard hawkweed lungwortc1000 mouse-eara1300 pilosella?a1425 hawkweed1562 French lungwort1597 myosotis1601 golden mouse-ear1629 Grim the Collier1629 rattlesnake weed1651 Hieracium1664 pilosella1756 mouse-eared hawkweed1789 crepis1822 wall hawkweed1829 1651 R. Child Large Let. in S. Hartlib Legacie 78 Why may not the Silke-grasse of Virginia, the Salsaperilla, Sassafras, Rattlesnake-weed (which is an excellent Cordial) be beneficial to us. 1671 S. Skinner & T. Henshaw Etymologicon Botanicum in Etymologicon Linguæ Anglicanæ Snake-weed, Bistorta... rattle Snake-weed, Polyrrhizos Virginiana. 1754 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 4) 475/1 The eighth Sort [sc. of Eryngium] is a Native of America... It is said, that this Plant will cure the Bite of the Rattle-snake, when it is immediately applied; and from thence the Inhabitants of Virginia gave it the Title of Rattle-snake-weed. 1848 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. 248 H[ieracium] venosum, L. (Rattlesnake-weed.) Stem or scape naked..; root-leaves obovate or oblong,..marked with purple veins. 1893 Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate 6 Oct. 3/3 There grows a weed, called rattlesnake weed. It is so named from the story that when rattlesnakes..bite each other this weed, if eaten by them, will prevent death. 1968 R. T. Peterson & M. McKenny Field Guide Wildflowers Northeastern & North-central N. Amer. 174 Rattlesnake-weed Hieracium venosum. Note the heavy purple-red veining in the leaves... Open woods, clearings. 1983 Taxon 32 545 Every summer doilies of Rattlesnake Weed (Euphorbia albomarginata) appeared on the front terrace. < as lemmas |
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