单词 | strophanthus |
释义 | strophanthusn. 1. Botany. A genus of plants of the N.O. Apocynaceæ, native of tropical Africa and Asia, having strongly poisonous qualities; a plant of this genus. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > poisons from plants aconitum?a1450 aconite1569 cocculus indicus1591 female-bane1601 timbo1725 Suriname poison1756 ipoh1779 upas1783 tanghin1788 picrotoxin1815 nicotine1817 strychnine1819 vauqueline1819 brucia1820 brucine1820 picrotoxia1823 strychnia1823 digitalin1824 dulcamara1828 conine1829 bikh1830 nicotia1830 atropine1836 menispermia1837 nicotina1838 solanine1838 strychnina1838 tanghicin1838 urari1838 conia1842 conicine1842 amanitine1847 oenanthin1848 menispermine1849 tetanine1857 hyoscyamine1858 barbasco1860 nicotylia1862 antiarin1863 xylostein1864 oleandrin1866 zebra poison1871 andromedotoxin1883 abrin1884 ouabain1888 strophanthus1888 toxiresin1890 manchineel1891 tuba1898 taxine1907 phytotoxin1909 oenanthotoxin1911 hypoglycin1954 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants yielding poison > [noun] > other plants yielding poison Suriname poison1756 wolfwort1765 tuba1839 strophanthus1888 1888 Lancet 11 Feb. 291/2 Fraenkel, Guttmann, and Langgaard have recently given the result of their experience with strophanthus. 1898 Rev. Brit. Pharmacy 8 Two ounces of the extract of strophanthus is made from 1 oz. of seed. 2. A poisonous drug extracted from the seeds of various species of this genus, used by certain African tribes as a poison for arrows; in recent pharmacy used as a cardiac tonic. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations for treating specific parts > [noun] > for the heart > plant-derived digitalis1785 kombé1859 strophanthin1873 cardiac glucoside1885 strophanthidin1888 coronillin1897 strophanthus1899 digoxin1930 cardiac glycoside1931 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 751 The insomnia of heart disease is benefitted by digitalis, strophanthus, strychnine, [etc.]. 1906 A. Werner Natives Brit. Central Afr. viii. 189 The poison for spears and arrows is in most cases strophanthus. 1911 Spectator 11 Jan. 56/2 An arrow poisoned with the usual strophanthus &c. will kill the person wounded. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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