单词 | senecio |
释义 | senecion. An annual or perennial herb or shrub of the large genus so called, which belongs to the family Compositæ and includes many cultivated plants and a few poisonous ones. Cf. groundsel n.1, Jacobaea n. 1, ragwort n.1 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > ragwort groundsela700 ragwortc1300 bunweeda1525 senecio1562 St. James's wort1578 rugwort1592 felon-weed1597 staggerwort1597 staverwort1597 yellow-weed1597 ragweed1610 swine's grassa1697 hogs madder1707 sea-ragwort1736 dog standard1767 Jacobaea1789 swinecress1803 benweed1823 fly-dod1826 mountain groundsel1830 cushag1843 fairies' horse1866 Oxford ragwort1884 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 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball ii. 132 Senecio is named..in English groundsel. 1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden cl. 228 The Latines call it Senecio..It is called in English Groundsell or Grunsell. 1784 J. Abercrombie Propagation & Bot. Arrangem. Plants & Trees II. 678 (heading) Senecio longifolius. Long-leaved Cape Senecio. 1859 D. Bunce Trav. with Dr. Leichhardt ix. 105 I obtained specimens of..a..new species of Stackhousia, and a yellow, flowering Senecio. 1896 E. J. Von Dadelszen N.Z. Year-bk. 470 There are several kinds of ranunculus, and a bewildering variety of celmesias..and senecios also flourish. 1902 Cycl. Amer. Hort.: R–Z 1656/1 A distinguishing mark of the Senecios lies in the character of the involucre. 1920 Lancet 23 Oct. 848/2 Senecio disease, or cirrhosis of the liver due to senecio poisoning... We have called the condition about to be described ‘senecio disease’ for want of a more appropriate name. 1954 New Biol. 17 14 The unique African alpine flora of giant Senecios (members of the same genus as common groundsel). 1975 P. Lively Going Back i. 4 I came out..past the buddleias and senecios past the iris garden hedge. Derivatives senecioid adj. pertaining to, or resembling the genus Senecio. senecionine n. Chemistry a crystalline alkaloid, C18H26O6N, occurring in groundsel ( Senecio vulgaris). ΚΠ 1895 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 68 i. 632 Senecio vulgaris contains small quantities of two alkaloids, which the authors call senecionine and senecine. Senecine has a very much bitterer taste than senecionine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1562 |
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