| 单词 | blackwort |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblackwort blackwort n. comfrey, Symphytum officinale, which has a black root used (esp. formerly) as a herbal remedy. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > comfrey gallocc1000 comfreyc1265 consolida1480 wallwort1561 consound1578 ass-ear1585 blackwort1597 knit-back1597 back-wort1598 knit-wort1611 boneset1653 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 661 It is called..in English Comfrey..of some Knit backe, and Blackwoort. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Asne Oreille d'asne, th' hearbe Comfrey, knit-backe, knit-wort, blacke-wort. a1760 C. Alston Lect. Materia Medica (1770) I. xlv. 526 Comfrey.., Bone-set, Blackwort.—This has a larger branched and wrinkled root, of a black colour on the outside, white within. 1837 B. H. Barton & T. Castle Brit. Flora Medica I. 212 In rural dialects it has also the names of Consound, Knit-back, Bone-set, and Black-wort. 2006 S. Foster & R. Johnson Nature's Med. (2008) 115/1 Comfrey roots have a black exterior and fleshy whitish interior that exudes a slimy, mucilaginous juice (hence the common names ‘blackwort’ and ‘slippery root’). < as lemmas |
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