单词 | betony |
释义 | betonyn. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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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