单词 | see bright |
释义 | see brightn. Now chiefly historical. The plant clary, Salvia sclarea, which was previously used to treat diseases of the eyes. Cf. clary n.2 a. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > culinary herbs > clary claryc1485 orval1658 see bright1863 1863 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants 201 See-bright, from its supposed effect on the eyes. 1884 R. Folkard Plant Lore, Legends & Lyrics 156 Clary was transformed into Clear-eye, Godes-eie, Seebright, and Oculus Christi, and eye-salves were consequently made of it. 1945 Great Basin Naturalist 6 128 I discovered the Clear-eye or See-bright Salvia sclarea growing in Emigration Canyon. 2000 A. C. Dweck in S. E. Kintzios Sage i. 8 Salvia sclarea Clary,..See Bright. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1863 |
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