skunk cabbagen.

Brit.

/ˈskʌŋk kabɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ˈskəŋk ˌkæbɪdʒ/

Forms:

α. 1700s– skunk cabbage, 1800s scunk cabbage.

β. 1800s skunk's cabbage, 1800s skunks cabbage.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: skunk n., cabbage n.¹; skunk n., cabbage n.¹

Etymology: Partly (in α. forms) < skunk n. + cabbage n.¹, and partly (in β. forms) < the genitive of skunk n. + cabbage n.¹In senses 2 and 3 so called on account of the plants' smell. The semantic motivation for sense 1 is unclear; it is possible that the plant was confused with the similar-looking Symplocarpus foetidus. If so, this would imply earlier currency of sense 2.

North American.

1. Either of two false hellebores native to eastern and western North America, Veratrum viride and V. californicum. Cf. veratrum n.

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1751 J. Eliot Contin. Ess. Field-husbandry in New Eng. 25 Take the Roots of Swamp Hellebore, sometimes called Skunk Cabbage, Tickle Weed.

1897 M. E. Parsons Wild Flowers Calif. 108 The mountaineers commonly call this plant ‘skunk cabbage’, a deplorable misnomer.

1948 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 19 Feb. 3/2 Control of skunk cabbage by treatment with Diesel oil is possible.

1998 New Scientist 10 Jan. 25/2 In the 1950s, bizarre one-eyed lambs were born in..Idaho. Investigators traced the problem to pregnant ewes grazing on skunk cabbage, a toxic plant that interfered with normal fetal development.

2012 K. S. Cohen in P. S. Auerbach Wilderness Med. (ed. 6) cviii. 2128/1 The Tlingit and other Alaskan tribes make ointment or massage oil with skunk cabbage or devil's club for joint and muscle pain.

2. A perennial plant native to eastern North America, Symplocarpus foetidus (family Araceae), which is stemless with large leaves and a purple-brown spathe enclosing a knob-like spadix, and emits a foul odour, especially when bruised. Also called skunk weed.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Araceae (wake-robin and allies) > [noun]

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aaron?c1425

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rampa1500

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arum1551

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dragonwort1565

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tarragon1591

starch root1596

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friar's-hood1597

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dragon serpentine1598

dragon's-herb1600

small dragonwort1674

dumb cane1696

skunk weed1735

polecat weed1743

lords and ladies1755

mucka-mucka1769

skunk cabbage1778

bloody man's finger1787

green dragon1789

swamp-cabbage1792

priest in the pulpit1837

orontiad1846

arad1853

cows and calves1853

bulls and cows1863

skunk cabbage1869

aroid1876

Adam and Eve1877

stallion1878

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1778 J. Carver Trav. N.-Amer. 518 Skunk Cabbage or Poke is an herb that grows in moist and swampy places.

1792 J. Belknap Hist. New-Hampsh. III. 127 The arum, or skunk cabbage, has been found very efficacious in asthmatic complaints.

1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 287 The root and seeds of the Skunk Cabbage, Symplocarpus fœtida, are powerful antispasmodics.

1868 H. W. Beecher Norwood 91 The great, succulent leaves of the skunk's cabbage were fully expanded.

1906 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 495 The gross, uncouth, and noisome skunk cabbage.

1968 R. T. Peterson & M. McKenny Field Guide Wildflowers Northeastern & North-central N. Amer. 368 Skunk Cabbage... The sheathing, shell-like spathe, mottled and varying from green to purple-brown, envelops the heavy rounded spadix.

2003 Horticulture Mar. 64/1 Let the skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) grow. It's the first harbinger of spring.

3. Either of the two perennial herbaceous plants comprising the genus Lysichiton (family Araceae), L. americanus, which is native to western North America and has a bright yellow spathe, and L. camtschatcensis, which is native to the Kamchatka Peninsula and northern Japan and has a white spathe. Also with distinguishing word. L. americanus emits a foul odour when it blooms, thought to resemble that of Symplocarpus foetidus (see sense 2), while the scent of L. camtschatcensis is unobjectionable.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Araceae (wake-robin and allies) > [noun]

dragonsc1000

cuckoo-pintlea1400

yekestersea1400

aaron?c1425

calf's-footc1450

cuckoo-spitc1450

rampa1500

priest's hood1526

wake-robin1530

green dragon1538

arum1551

cuckoo-pint1551

dragonwort1565

priest's pintle1578

tarragon1591

starch root1596

friar's cowl1597

friar's-hood1597

starchwort1597

dragon serpentine1598

dragon's-herb1600

small dragonwort1674

dumb cane1696

skunk weed1735

polecat weed1743

lords and ladies1755

mucka-mucka1769

skunk cabbage1778

bloody man's finger1787

green dragon1789

swamp-cabbage1792

priest in the pulpit1837

orontiad1846

arad1853

cows and calves1853

bulls and cows1863

skunk cabbage1869

aroid1876

Adam and Eve1877

stallion1878

cunjevoi1889

1869 Mainland Guardian (New Westminster, Brit. Columbia) 20 Nov. 1/5 Barnston skinned the ‘bar’ and cutting off a ham, plastered it thickly with mud, skunk cabbage leaves, and more mud, then put it in the fire for an hour and a half.

1893 Rep. Population & Resources Alaska 11th Census 1890 (U.S. Census Office) iii. 63 They [sc. black bears] come out to feed on the first sprigs of skunk cabbage and other plants brought out by the warm sun.

1910 Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool. 5 331 The western skunk cabbage grows in large patches and attains an immense size.

1995 N. J. Turner Food Plants Coastal First Peoples (ed. 2) 37 Lysichiton americanus... Skunk cabbage is a perennial herb, with thick, fleshy rootstocks and large, oval-shaped, clustered leaves.

2005 M. Rickard Gardening with Ferns 98/1 The white skunk cabbage (Lysichiton camtschatcensis; L) is anything but a gentle eye-catcher.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	skunk cabbage
释义	skunk cabbagen. Brit. /ˈskʌŋk kabɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈskəŋk ˌkæbɪdʒ/ Forms: α. 1700s– skunk cabbage, 1800s scunk cabbage. β. 1800s skunk's cabbage, 1800s skunks cabbage. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: skunk n., cabbage n.¹; skunk n., cabbage n.¹ Etymology: Partly (in α. forms) < skunk n. + cabbage n.¹, and partly (in β. forms) < the genitive of skunk n. + cabbage n.¹In senses 2 and 3 so called on account of the plants' smell. The semantic motivation for sense 1 is unclear; it is possible that the plant was confused with the similar-looking Symplocarpus foetidus. If so, this would imply earlier currency of sense 2. North American. 1. Either of two false hellebores native to eastern and western North America, Veratrum viride and V. californicum. Cf. veratrum n. ΚΠ 1751 J. Eliot Contin. Ess. Field-husbandry in New Eng. 25 Take the Roots of Swamp Hellebore, sometimes called Skunk Cabbage, Tickle Weed. 1897 M. E. Parsons Wild Flowers Calif. 108 The mountaineers commonly call this plant ‘skunk cabbage’, a deplorable misnomer. 1948 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 19 Feb. 3/2 Control of skunk cabbage by treatment with Diesel oil is possible. 1998 New Scientist 10 Jan. 25/2 In the 1950s, bizarre one-eyed lambs were born in..Idaho. Investigators traced the problem to pregnant ewes grazing on skunk cabbage, a toxic plant that interfered with normal fetal development. 2012 K. S. Cohen in P. S. Auerbach Wilderness Med. (ed. 6) cviii. 2128/1 The Tlingit and other Alaskan tribes make ointment or massage oil with skunk cabbage or devil's club for joint and muscle pain. 2. A perennial plant native to eastern North America, Symplocarpus foetidus (family Araceae), which is stemless with large leaves and a purple-brown spathe enclosing a knob-like spadix, and emits a foul odour, especially when bruised. Also called skunk weed. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Araceae (wake-robin and allies) > [noun] dragonsc1000 cuckoo-pintlea1400 yekestersea1400 aaron?c1425 calf's-footc1450 cuckoo-spitc1450 rampa1500 priest's hood1526 wake-robin1530 green dragon1538 arum1551 cuckoo-pint1551 dragonwort1565 priest's pintle1578 tarragon1591 starch root1596 friar's cowl1597 friar's-hood1597 starchwort1597 dragon serpentine1598 dragon's-herb1600 small dragonwort1674 dumb cane1696 skunk weed1735 polecat weed1743 lords and ladies1755 mucka-mucka1769 skunk cabbage1778 bloody man's finger1787 green dragon1789 swamp-cabbage1792 priest in the pulpit1837 orontiad1846 arad1853 cows and calves1853 bulls and cows1863 skunk cabbage1869 aroid1876 Adam and Eve1877 stallion1878 cunjevoi1889 1778 J. Carver Trav. N.-Amer. 518 Skunk Cabbage or Poke is an herb that grows in moist and swampy places. 1792 J. Belknap Hist. New-Hampsh. III. 127 The arum, or skunk cabbage, has been found very efficacious in asthmatic complaints. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 287 The root and seeds of the Skunk Cabbage, Symplocarpus fœtida, are powerful antispasmodics. 1868 H. W. Beecher Norwood 91 The great, succulent leaves of the skunk's cabbage were fully expanded. 1906 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 495 The gross, uncouth, and noisome skunk cabbage. 1968 R. T. Peterson & M. McKenny Field Guide Wildflowers Northeastern & North-central N. Amer. 368 Skunk Cabbage... The sheathing, shell-like spathe, mottled and varying from green to purple-brown, envelops the heavy rounded spadix. 2003 Horticulture Mar. 64/1 Let the skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) grow. It's the first harbinger of spring. 3. Either of the two perennial herbaceous plants comprising the genus Lysichiton (family Araceae), L. americanus, which is native to western North America and has a bright yellow spathe, and L. camtschatcensis, which is native to the Kamchatka Peninsula and northern Japan and has a white spathe. Also with distinguishing word. L. americanus emits a foul odour when it blooms, thought to resemble that of Symplocarpus foetidus (see sense 2), while the scent of L. camtschatcensis is unobjectionable. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Araceae (wake-robin and allies) > [noun] dragonsc1000 cuckoo-pintlea1400 yekestersea1400 aaron?c1425 calf's-footc1450 cuckoo-spitc1450 rampa1500 priest's hood1526 wake-robin1530 green dragon1538 arum1551 cuckoo-pint1551 dragonwort1565 priest's pintle1578 tarragon1591 starch root1596 friar's cowl1597 friar's-hood1597 starchwort1597 dragon serpentine1598 dragon's-herb1600 small dragonwort1674 dumb cane1696 skunk weed1735 polecat weed1743 lords and ladies1755 mucka-mucka1769 skunk cabbage1778 bloody man's finger1787 green dragon1789 swamp-cabbage1792 priest in the pulpit1837 orontiad1846 arad1853 cows and calves1853 bulls and cows1863 skunk cabbage1869 aroid1876 Adam and Eve1877 stallion1878 cunjevoi1889 1869 Mainland Guardian (New Westminster, Brit. Columbia) 20 Nov. 1/5 Barnston skinned the ‘bar’ and cutting off a ham, plastered it thickly with mud, skunk cabbage leaves, and more mud, then put it in the fire for an hour and a half. 1893 Rep. Population & Resources Alaska 11th Census 1890 (U.S. Census Office) iii. 63 They [sc. black bears] come out to feed on the first sprigs of skunk cabbage and other plants brought out by the warm sun. 1910 Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool. 5 331 The western skunk cabbage grows in large patches and attains an immense size. 1995 N. J. Turner Food Plants Coastal First Peoples (ed. 2) 37 Lysichiton americanus... Skunk cabbage is a perennial herb, with thick, fleshy rootstocks and large, oval-shaped, clustered leaves. 2005 M. Rickard Gardening with Ferns 98/1 The white skunk cabbage (Lysichiton camtschatcensis; L) is anything but a gentle eye-catcher. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1751
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