| 单词 | ribwort plantain |
| 释义 | > as lemmasribwort plantain 1. More fully ribwort plantain: a Eurasian plantain commonly found in grassland, Plantago lanceolata, which has lanceolate leaves with prominent ribs; also called narrow-leaved plantain. In later use also: the greater plantain, P. major; (more generally) any member of the genus Plantago (rare). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Plantaginaceae > [noun] > narrow-leaved plantain ribwortc1300 lancella1400 ribgrass?a1500 long plantain1526 ribbed grass1770 cock's head1787 jackstraws1795 fighting cocks1807 ripple grass1819 c1300 in T. Hunt Pop. Med. 13th-cent. Eng. (1990) v. 227 (MED) Pro illa infirmitate..Recipe de madir manipulos duos, ribbewrt..wodesur..et postea coquantur in vino rubeo. a1325 in T. Hunt Pop. Med. 13th-cent. Eng. (1990) 241 (MED) Pur fere poysoun: Pernez bugyl..ribwort, wodbynd, i. wethwynd, dayce. a1400 Alphita (Selden) (1887) 93 (MED) Lanceolata, quinqueneruium, plantago minor idem est; gallice, launcele; anglice, ribuurt uel fanuurt. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 433/1 Rybbeworte, herbe, lanciola. c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 113 (MED) Waische þe wounde..wiþ þe iuys of ribwort. ?a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 786/21 Lancea, a robworte. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 262/2 Rybbe worte, an herbe. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 341 Ribwoorte or small Plantaine, hath many leaues flat spred vpon the ground. 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole lxxxv. 352 Rose Plantane..is in all things like vnto the ordinary Plantane or Ribworte. 1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ iii. xxii. 424 Ribwort..stops Fluxes and the Termes and is of the nature of Plantain. 1696 J. Floyer Preternatural State Animal Humours x. 129 Plantane boiled in Broths, and Ribwort Plantane. 1763 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry III. 345 I do not know that the narrow leaved plantain, or ribwort (Plantago angustifolia) hath ever been cultivated purposely for the food of cattle. 1784 J. Twamley Dairying Exemplified 113 Ribwort, ribbed grass, black plantain or cock plant. 1847 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 388 P. major. Common Plantain or ribwort... This species is a native of Japan, Europe and America, is very common, always at the door and beside the wayside. 1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 222 Ribwort Plantain..is a common plant of pastures. 1912 Amer. Botanist Feb. 2 Near the water-courses, fortuitously introduced by man, we meet the common ribwort (Plantago major) thriving in just such a habitat. 1937 S. F. Armstrong Brit. Grasses (ed. 3) viii. 166 The Ribwort or Narrow-leaved Plantain (P. lanceolata) is a valuable grazing plant for sheep on sandy soils in the south and east of England. 1960 A. Dale Observ. & Exper. Nat. Hist. vi. 131 There are usually some broad-leaved plantains but fewer ribworts. 1989 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 76 627/1 Even the long-exserted anthers of the ribworts that appeared in early summer must have fascinated this unusual young man. 2003 Ecology 84 749/2 Plantago lanceolata (ribwort plantain) is a short-lived perennial that germinates in the fall and spring, and flowers in midsummer. 2007 D. E. Harkness Jewel House i. 52 Cole also shared the precise location in the village of Hogsdon, where he found the rare rose ribwort growing wild. < as lemmas |
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