单词 | black snakeroot |
释义 | > as lemmasblack snakeroot black snakeroot n. chiefly North American any of several North American plants with a medicinal root or rhizome; spec. (a) black cohosh, Actaea racemosa (sometimes called Cimicifuga racemosa); (b) any of several sanicles, esp. Sanicula marilandica. ΚΠ 1698 G. Thomas Hist. Acct. Pensilvania 19 There grows also in great plenty the Black Snake-Root, (fam'd for its sometimes preserving, but often curing the Plague). 1751 J. Hill Hist. Materia Medica xxxv. 611 Snakeroot is frequently..adulterated with the Roots of the Plant call'd Virginian Asarum or black Snakeroot, but this is easily discovered, the Roots of that Plant being black. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at Ducksfoot Black snakeroot, or Mayapple. 1858 R. Hogg Veg. Kingdom 380 Sanicula marilandica, called in the United States Black Snakeroot. 1900 N. Blanchan Nature's Garden 224 The Sanicle or Black Snakeroot..lifts spreading, two to four rayed umbels of insignificant-looking but interesting greenish-white florets. 2002 T. Boland et al. Michigan Gardener's Guide (rev. ed.) 110/1 For handsome foliage and lofty flowers, black snakeroot, Cimicifuga racemosa, is a dramatic choice. < as lemmas |
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