单词 | sonchus |
释义 | Sonchusn. Originally: any of several common European sowthistles, esp. prickly sowthistle, Sonchus asper. In later use also (in form Sonchus): a genus of the family Asteraceae ( Compositae) comprising the sowthistles, which are herbaceous plants and shrubs native to Eurasia, tropical Africa, and Australasia, typically having deeply cut leaves and yellow, dandelion-like flower heads, and containing milky latex; (also sonchus) any plant of this genus.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) II. 793. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > sow thistle thowthistlea700 sow-thistlea1250 swine thistlea1350 milk thistlec1450 Saint Mary's seeda1500 Sonchus1558 hare's lettuce1597 smooth thistle1633 milkweed1736 tare-thistle1753 cow-thistle1832 puha1843 rauriki1848 1558 W. Bullein Govt. Healthe f. lxiv The sowthistle called Soncus, hath the same vertue, and so hath Suckery. 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. xiv. f. 113v/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I The flower of Sonchus..commeth somewhat neare in deede to the hew of our good Saffron. 1672 J. Evelyn tr. R. Rapin Of Gardens i. 67 Broad-leav'd Merascus, and green Sonchus [L. Sonchos] live, With Crocus. 1673 N. Grew Idea Phytol. Hist. ii. iii. 73 Oftentimes these succiferous Vessels yield a milky or white sap; and sometimes yellow, and of other colours; as in Sonchus. 1726 R. Bradley Country Gentleman & Farmer's Monthly Director 38 Their green Food is now chiefly depending upon Weeds, such as the Sonchus or the Sow-thistle. 1746 T. Short Medicina Britannica 50 Sow Thistle (Sonchus)..a Decoction of the Stalks makes Nurses flow with Milk; it helps Children's Colour, drank in Wine. ?1785 Earl of Bute Bot. Tables II. 263 Gen. X. Sowthistle. Sonchus. 1838 Genera S. Afr. Plants 204 Sonchus... The species of this genus are but too well known, as insufferable weeds in cultivated ground, by the name of ‘Sow-thistle’. 1865 Standard 9 Mar. 5/4 A hybrid sonchus, with elegant foliage, well adapted for table decoration on account of the transparency of its leaves. 1923 Torreya 23 79 The Sonchus spreads by long horizontal roots. 1980 Times 1 Mar. 19/1 In Madeira and the Canaries,..the sonchus plants include small trees up to three metres tall. 2014 P. D. Haragan Omstead Parks Louisville 175/2 Species within the genus Sonchus have a milky juice, and the latex was thought to induce lactation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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