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单词 squawroot
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squawroot
squawroot n. any of various plants having roots used medicinally; esp. cancer root, Conopholis americana; (also) a medicinal preparation of such a plant.
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1740 J. Dickinson Observ. Throat-distemper Postscript He has found out a Method of Cure, which seldom fails of Success..and that is a Decoction of the Root of the Dart Weed, or (as it is here called) the Squaw-Root.
1830 S. North Family Physician lxxxii. 261 Black Snake-root, Rich weed, Rattle weed, Squaw-root, (Actæa Racemosa.)... The root of this plant is astringent, and is much employed by the Indians in rheumatisms.
1848 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. 290 Conopholis. Squaw-root. Cancer-root.
1909 Househ. Jrnl. Mar. 35 (advt.) Squaw root for suffering women... It is designed to radically cure diseases peculiar to women.
1981 V. Kulvinskas et al. Life in 21st Cent. iii. 249 Squaw Root (Caulophyllum Thalictrodides)—Found: N. America (Chippewa). Use: Strong decoction of 5-30g. powdered root taken to expedite parturition and menstruation.
2012 C. Gracie Spring Wildflowers Northeast 173/1 Squawroot is an odd plant: lacking chlorophyll and true leaves..it is thus unable to produce its own food.
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