单词 | stellaria |
释义 | Stellarian. Botany. A genus of caryophyllaceous plants, of which several species (known as ‘chickweed’, ‘stitchwort’, ‘starwort’, etc.) are common in Great Britain and the U.S.; also, a plant of this genus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Caryophyllaceae (chickweeds and allies) > [noun] > chickweeds and stitchworts chicken meateOE bird's-tonguea1300 stitchworta1300 chickenweedc1300 piglea1400 chickweed?a1425 craches1530 mouse-ear1578 all-bony1597 chickenwort1762 Stellaria1785 all bones1787 mouse-eared chickweed1789 cerastium1799 starwort1809 satin flower1836 adder's meat1853 thunder-flower1853 snap-jack1867 shirt button1880 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xix. 280 Arenaria and Stellaria have a capsule of one cell. 1806 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 15 264 Common chickweed... This species of stellaria is a notable instance of what is called the sleep of plants. 1863 Life in South II. 229 Flights of pigeons were whirling over head, violets and stellarias were sprouting beneath the feet, and such was the January of Savannah. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1785 |
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