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单词 scorzonera
释义

scorzoneran.

/skɔːzəʊˈnɪərə/
Forms: Also rarely1600s scorsonera, skarsinarie, scozonera, 1700s scorchanarrow, scorchenarrow.
Etymology: < Italian scorzonera (whence modern Latin scorzonēra) = French scorsonère, scorzonère, Spanish escorzonera, Portuguese escorcioneira; probably < Italian scorzone some kind of venomous snake, Spanish escorzon (Catalan escorçu), some kind of toad or lizard deemed venomous. Compare the following:1580 J. Frampton tr. N. Monardes Bk. Medicines agaynst Venome in Ioyfull Newes (new ed.) f. 133 They call this herbe Escuerçonera because it doeth heale..the bytinges of this beast, called Escorçu [printed Estorçu] in the Catalan tongue, and the same roote is like too the sayde beast.
A plant of the modern genus (Tournefort, 1700) Scorzonera, esp. S. Hispanica or black salsify, much cultivated in Europe for its root which is used as a vegetable and somewhat resembles the parsnip. S. Hispanica was also formerly called viper's-grass. Also the root of this plant.It was supposed to be good against the bites of vipers and other venomous creatures.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > scorzonera
senecio1562
scorzoner1597
viper's grass1597
scorzonera1629
Spanish viper's grass1852
viper's plant1884
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > black salsify
scorzoner1597
viper's grass1597
scorzonera1629
black salsify1699
vegetable oyster1806
Spanish viper's grass1852
viper's plant1884
1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole 301 Wee call them in English Vipers grasse, or Scorsonera.
1666 Oldenburg Let. to Boyle 15 Nov. in R. Boyle Wks. (1744) V. 363 Colonel Blunt presented the company..with excellent scorzoneras, which he said might be propagated in England as much as parsnips.
1690 in Thanes of Cawdor (Spalding Club) 353 2 drope of skarsinarie..ane unce of Turkie persell.
1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 250 Scorzonera, demulcent in the Small-Pox.
1738 in J. Colville Ochtertyre House Bk. of Accomps (1907) 142 Eggs bufft harrings and scorchanarrow.
1756 J. Hill Brit. Herbal 444 Tall, narrow-leaved Scorzonera.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. (at cited word) Scorzonera hispanica..is a native of Spain, but is cultivated in this country; and its root is sold in the markets as Scorzonera.
1882 Garden 11 Nov. 425/3 Salsafy and Scorzonera can be strongly recommended for culture.
1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 122 Scorzonera, French, Scorzonera picroides (Picridium vulgare). Scorzonera, Garden, Scorzonera hispanica.

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C1. General attributive.
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1666 W. Boghurst Loimographia (1894) 76 Juniper berryes, Scorzonera roots.
1731 Gentleman's Mag. 1 91 Sow scorzonera salsfy, and slip skerrits of the last years growth.
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scorzonera-fed adj.
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1914 Rep. Brit. Assoc. 406 Scorzonera-fed parents... The capacity of fertilization..of Scorzonera moths.
scorzonera moth n.
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1914 Rep. Brit. Assoc. 406 Scorzonera-fed parents... The capacity of fertilization..of Scorzonera moths.
scorzonera water n.
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1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote III. ix. xvi. 53 Mr. Selkirk asked him, ‘What the virtues of that Scorzonera-water were, which he observed he drank every day after dinner’.
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