单词 | senega |
释义 | senegan. The North American plant Polygala Senega. Also a drug obtained from the root of this plant, formerly used as an antidote for snakebite. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Polygalaceae (milkwort and allies) > [noun] milkwort1578 polygala1578 Cross-flower1597 gang flower1597 rogation flower1597 procession flower1633 rattlesnake root1682 senega1738 rattlesnake-wort1763 flowering wintergreen1818 mountain flax1824 shepherd's thyme1857 love1874 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > antidote > [noun] > antidotes to snake-bite > plant or plant-derived snake-wood1598 snake-weed1631 snake-root1635 contrayerva1648 Virginia snake-root1694 senega1738 mungo root1741 guaco1834 master weed1843 1738 Tennent Epist. to Mead 5 At last I was informed.. that there was a Root discovered by the Seneca Indians which was a certain Remedy against the Bite of the Rattle-snake,..and was distinguished..by the Name of Seneca Rattle-snake Root. 1748 W. Lewis tr. Pharmacopoeia Royal Coll. Physicians Edinb. 63 Seneka, the root. Senegaw rattle-snake-root. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Polygala The trials..made of the virtues of the Senekka rattlesnake root, recommended by Dr. Tennent. 1799 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 2 170 He prescribed the taraxacum, senega, and radix graminis, in decoctions. 1877 F. T. Roberts Handbk. Med. (ed. 3) I. 390 Ammonia and senega may be given, if there is much debility. 1896 W. T. Brannt Pract. Treat. Animal & Veg. Fats & Oils (ed. 2) II. 458 Senega oil.., Senega, Polygala Senega... The root contains fat oil, resin [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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