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单词 thoroughwort
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thoroughwortn.

Brit. /ˈθʌrəwəːt/, U.S. /ˈθərəˌwərt/, /ˈθərəˌwɔrt/, /ˈθəroʊˌwərt/, /ˈθəroʊˌwɔrt/
Forms:

α. 1500s throughwoort, 1800s– throughwort Brit. /ˈθruːˌwəːt/, U.S. /ˈθruˌwərt/, /ˈθruˌwɔrt/ (now rare).

β. 1700s– thoroughwort.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: through- prefix, wort n.1; thorough- prefix, wort n.1
Etymology: Partly (in α. forms) < through- prefix + wort n.1, and partly (in β. forms) < thorough- prefix + wort n.1, after thoroughwax n. (compare forms at that entry). Compare earlier thoroughleaf n.
1. A plant of the genus Bupleurum (family Apiaceae), characterized by perfoliate leaves, esp. (more fully American thoroughwort) B. americanum. Now chiefly North American.rare before 19th cent. Cf. thoroughwax n., thoroughleaf n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Umbelliferae (umbellifers) > [noun] > thoroughwax or hare's ear
thoroughwax1548
thoroughleaf1578
hare's-ear1597
thoroughwort1597
modesty1809
buplever1881
1597 J. Gerard Herball Table Eng. Names Throughwoort and his kinds.
1806 J. L. E. W. Shecut Flora Carolinæensis I. 307 Bupleurum... This genus is very different from the Eupatorium, or Thoroughwort; we mention this because some call the present, through mistake, Thoroughwort.
1898 Bull. N. Carolina Agric. Exper. Station No. 150. 357 Bupleurum rotundifolium, L. Hare's Ear, Thorough-wort. The herb and seed are aromatic.
1959 J. P. Anderson Flora Alaska 357 B. americanum... American Thorough-wort... Flowers yellow or purplish.
2003 J. L. Wingate & L. Yeatts Alpine Flower Finder (ed. 2) 18 (caption) Leaves simple. American Thoroughwort Bupleurum americanum (B. triradiatum).
2. A North American plant bearing large corymbs of numerous white flowers and valued for its tonic properties, Eupatorium perfoliatum (family Asteraceae), having opposite leaves, each pair united at the base so that the stem appears to grow through them (connate-perfoliate). Also: (usually with modifying word) any of various other plants of this genus. Also called boneset, crosswort.Certain thoroughworts that were previously placed in the genus Eupatorium have now been placed in the genus Chromolaena (family Asteraceae).
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > non-British medicinal plants > [noun] > boneset
boneset1764
thoroughwort1789
thoroughstem1804
1789 B. Rush Observ. Duties of Physician 11 The ipecacuana.., the thoroughwort, the poke, and the strammonium, are but a small part of the medicinal productions of America.
1814 J. Bigelow Florula Bostoniensis 190 Thoroughwort..has acquired great medicinal reputation.
1830 L. M. Child Frugal Housewife (ed. 2) 35 Thoroughwort is excellent for dyspepsy, and every disorder occasioned by indigestion.
1857 A. Gray First Lessons Bot. (1866) 100 Cases of real leaves growing together.., those of the common Thorough-wort, and the upper pairs in Woodbines or Honeysuckles.
1860 D. D. Owen et al. Second Rep. Geol. Reconnoissance Middle & Southern Counties Arkansas 366 Eupatorium Tour., Throughwort.
1893 F. P. Humphrey New Eng. Cactus 27 Aromatic herbs, pennyroyal, thoroughwort, and catnip.
1906 Harper's Mag. Oct. 712 The boggy place where she came..for..the wild marsh-marigold, good for greens, thoroughwort, and the root of the sweet-flag.
1968 R. T. Peterson & M. McKenny Field Guide Wildflowers Northeastern & North-central N. Amer. 46 The thoroughworts..are composites of late summer and fall with numerous small fuzzy heads in rounded or flat-topped clusters.
2005 J. H. Miller & K. V. Miller Forest Plants Southeast (rev. ed.) 66 Thoroughworts, along with asters and goldenrods, are the most common composites in the SE.
2007 A. F. Rhoads & T. A. Block Plants Pennsylvania (ed. 2) 957 Eupatorium album L. White throughwort.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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