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单词 betony
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betonyn.

Brit. /ˈbɛtəni/, /ˈbɛtn̩i/, U.S. /ˈbɛtn̩i/
Forms: (Old English betonice), Middle English–1500s betone, Middle English betan, batany, Middle English–1500s betany, betayne, betonye, 1500s bittonie, byten, bytone, betain(e, 1500s–1600s betonie, 1600s bettony, Middle English– betony.
Etymology: < French bétoine, < late Latin *betonia for betonica, written by Pliny ( N.H. xxv. 46) vettonica, and said by him to be a Gaulish name for a plant discovered by a Spanish tribe called Vettones. (Previously in Old English in the Latin form betonica.)
Botany.
a. A plant ( Stachys betonica) of the Labiate order, having spiked purple flowers and ovate crenate leaves. In former days medicinal and magical virtues were attributed to it.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > betony
bishop wortc1000
betonya1275
vetony?a1400
wood betony1657
c1000 Ags. Leechd. II. 58 Wyl ón ealað..betonican.]
a1275 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 554 Bethonica, beteine.
c1375 ? J. Barbour St. Baptista 760 In þe prouince of þe sare (= tzar?)..Quhare mene makis drink of spycery—Of betone þare is gret copy.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 34 Betayne, herbe [1499 batany or betony], betonica.
1483 Cath. Angl. 30 Betan, harba.
1519 W. Horman Vulgaria v. f. 44v Nesynge is caused with byten [L. betonica] thrust in the nostrel.
1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health lxxiii. 71 Betayne, though it growe wylde yet it is set in many gardens.
1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) iii. iv. ii. vi. 645 Of herbes,..which expell diuells..[the physician of] the Emperour Augustus..approues of Betony to this purpose.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 114 Wild-woad on each road we see; And medicinal betony.
b. Applied (with qualification) to other British plants supposed to resemble the preceding in some respect: St. Paul's betony n. a small species of Speedwell ( Veronica serpyllifolia). water-betony n. a figwort ( Scrophularia aquatica) having crenate leaves. In contradistinction to these, betony itself was called Head Betony.
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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
1736 Compl. Family-piece i. iv. 172 Take..Leaves of..Lung-wort..Paul's Betony, Self-heal.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 189 Head Betony (Betonica officinalis).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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