throatwortn.

Brit.

/ˈθrəʊtwəːt/, U.S.

/ˈθroʊtˌwərt/,

/ˈθroʊtˌwɔrt/

Forms: see throat n. and wort n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: throat n., wort n.¹

Etymology: < throat n. + wort n.¹, with allusion to the use of this plant in remedies for throat complaints (compare quot. 1597 at sense 1). Compare Dutch halscruid (1554 as †halscruyt), German Halskraut (1542).

1. Originally: any of various bellflowers (genus Campanula) used medicinally in the treatment of diseases of the throat, esp. the nettle-leaved bellflower, C. trachelium, and the giant bellflower, C. latifolia (now chiefly historical). In later use also: any plant of the genus Trachelium (family Campanulaceae), the members of which are native to the Mediterranean region and have small, tubular, blue, mauve, or white flowers typically borne in umbels or corymbs; esp. T. caeruleum. Frequently with distinguishing word. Now rare.Some of these campanulas have also been called Canterbury bells.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > names applied to various plants > [noun]

heatha700

beeworteOE

leversc725

springworteOE

clotec1000

halswortc1000

sengreenc1000

bottle?a1200

bird's-tonguea1300

bloodworta1300

faverolea1300

vetchc1300

pimpernel1378

oniona1398

bird's nest?a1425

adder's grassc1450

cockheada1500

ambrosia1525

fleawort1548

son before the father1552

crow-toe1562

basil1578

bird's-foot1578

bloodroot1578

throatwort1578

phalangium1608

yew1653

chalcedon1664

dittany1676

bleeding heart1691

felon-wort1706

hedgehog1712

land caltrops1727

old man's beard1731

loosestrife1760

Solomon's seal1760

fireweed1764

desert rose1792

star of Bethlehem1793

hen and chickens1794

Aaron's beard1820

felon-grass1824

arrowroot1835

snake-root1856

firebush1858

tick-seed1860

bird's eye1863

burning bush1866

rat-tail1871

lamb's earsa1876

lamb's tongue plant1882

tar-weed1884

Tom Thumb1886

parrotbeak1890

stinkweed1932

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > bellflowers

bell-flower1578

bluebell1578

Canterbury bells1578

Coventry bells1578

Coventry Marians1578

Coventry rapes1578

fair-in-sight1578

gauntlet1578

haskwort1578

Marian's violet1578

throatwort1578

lady's looking glass1597

mariet1597

Mercury's violet1597

peach-bells1597

steeple bells1597

uvula-wort1597

Venus looking-glass1597

campanula1664

Spanish bell1664

corn-violet1665

rampion1688

Venus' glass1728

harebell1767

heath-bell1805

witch bell1808

slipperwort1813

meadow-bell1827

greygle1844

platycodon1844

lady's thimble1853

kikyo1884

witches' bells1884

balloon flower1901

fairy thimble1914

mountain bell1923

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xx. 170 This Throtewurte or Haskwurte [Fr. Gantelée, Du. Halscruyt]..is..of three sortes,..the great and the small, and the creeping kinde.

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 363 The thirde sort of Canterburie Bels, called likewise Throtewoorte, of his vertue in curing the diseases of the throte.

1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden lxi. 117 The Globe-like Throat-worts..grow naturally in divers places beyond the Seas.

1684 R. Sibbald Scotl. Illustr. ii. i. 14 Little Throat-wort, or Canterbury-bells.

1764 W. Burchell Catal. Trees, Shrubs, Plants, & Flowers 59 Trachelium, Throatwort. Blue umbelliferous Throatwort.

1789 J. Pilkington View Derbyshire I. viii. 351 Nettle-leaved Bellflower, Great Throatwort, or Canterbury Bells.

1813 W. Scott Rokeby iii. 112 He laid him down, Where purple heath profusely strown, And throatwort with its azure bell, And moss and thyme his cushion swell.

1835 R. Mant Brit. Months II. vii. 269 The Giant Throatwort's bells of blue: The Meadow Cranesbill's purpler hue.

1914 Knowledge Oct. 364/1 The Throatworts are Campanula Trachelium and C. glomerata.

1999 M. Laird Flowering of Landscape Garden iv. 144/1 Behind them, little clumps of tulips, daffodils, jonquils, double white narcissi, and the occasional throatwort (Trachelium caeruleum).

2. Any of various other plants used to treat diseases of the throat, esp. the figwort Scrophularia nodosa, and (U.S.) button snakeroot, Liatris spicata. Now historical.

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1652 N. Culpeper Eng. Physician 90 Some Latin Authours call it [sc. Fig-wort] Cervicria [sic], because it is appropriated to the Neck and we Throat-Wort, because it is appropriated to the Throat.

1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician vi. 202/2 If the bloud that is let, when it is cold, be like to good bloud in colour,..coming very near the colour of that Indian Throatwort, called the Cardinal Flower.

1739 J. Clayton & J. F. Gronovius Flora Virginica I. 92 Serratula foliis linearibus, floribus solitariis sessilibus... Radix est discutiens, hinc Throat-wort.

1814 Encycl. Londinensis XII. 570/2 Native of North America; where it [sc. Liatris spicata] is called throat-wort, the root being discutient.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1147/2 Throatwort, Trachelium; also Campanula cervicaria and Digitalis purpurea.

1920 Amer. Botanist 26 1122 The most important instance of this is Geum rivale which is known as ‘throatwort’, ‘throat root’ and ‘cureall’.

1952 Indiana Mag. Hist. 48 235 His drugs were typified by horseradish, skunk cabbage, sage, thorn apple,..throatwort, and slippery elm.

2001 Guardian 20 Sept. ii. 15/5 Also known as rosenoble, throatwort, carpenter's square, scrofula plant, kernelwort and heal-all, it [sc. figwort] should not be taken by anyone with an abnormally rapid heartbeat (tachycardia).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	throatwort
释义	throatwortn. Brit. /ˈθrəʊtwəːt/, U.S. /ˈθroʊtˌwərt/, /ˈθroʊtˌwɔrt/ Forms: see throat n. and wort n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: throat n., wort n.¹ Etymology: < throat n. + wort n.¹, with allusion to the use of this plant in remedies for throat complaints (compare quot. 1597 at sense 1). Compare Dutch halscruid (1554 as †halscruyt), German Halskraut (1542). 1. Originally: any of various bellflowers (genus Campanula) used medicinally in the treatment of diseases of the throat, esp. the nettle-leaved bellflower, C. trachelium, and the giant bellflower, C. latifolia (now chiefly historical). In later use also: any plant of the genus Trachelium (family Campanulaceae), the members of which are native to the Mediterranean region and have small, tubular, blue, mauve, or white flowers typically borne in umbels or corymbs; esp. T. caeruleum. Frequently with distinguishing word. Now rare.Some of these campanulas have also been called Canterbury bells. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > names applied to various plants > [noun] heatha700 beeworteOE leversc725 springworteOE clotec1000 halswortc1000 sengreenc1000 bottle?a1200 bird's-tonguea1300 bloodworta1300 faverolea1300 vetchc1300 pimpernel1378 oniona1398 bird's nest?a1425 adder's grassc1450 cockheada1500 ambrosia1525 fleawort1548 son before the father1552 crow-toe1562 basil1578 bird's-foot1578 bloodroot1578 throatwort1578 phalangium1608 yew1653 chalcedon1664 dittany1676 bleeding heart1691 felon-wort1706 hedgehog1712 land caltrops1727 old man's beard1731 loosestrife1760 Solomon's seal1760 fireweed1764 desert rose1792 star of Bethlehem1793 hen and chickens1794 Aaron's beard1820 felon-grass1824 arrowroot1835 snake-root1856 firebush1858 tick-seed1860 bird's eye1863 burning bush1866 rat-tail1871 lamb's earsa1876 lamb's tongue plant1882 tar-weed1884 Tom Thumb1886 parrotbeak1890 stinkweed1932 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > bellflowers bell-flower1578 bluebell1578 Canterbury bells1578 Coventry bells1578 Coventry Marians1578 Coventry rapes1578 fair-in-sight1578 gauntlet1578 haskwort1578 Marian's violet1578 throatwort1578 lady's looking glass1597 mariet1597 Mercury's violet1597 peach-bells1597 steeple bells1597 uvula-wort1597 Venus looking-glass1597 campanula1664 Spanish bell1664 corn-violet1665 rampion1688 Venus' glass1728 harebell1767 heath-bell1805 witch bell1808 slipperwort1813 meadow-bell1827 greygle1844 platycodon1844 lady's thimble1853 kikyo1884 witches' bells1884 balloon flower1901 fairy thimble1914 mountain bell1923 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xx. 170 This Throtewurte or Haskwurte [Fr. Gantelée, Du. Halscruyt]..is..of three sortes,..the great and the small, and the creeping kinde. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 363 The thirde sort of Canterburie Bels, called likewise Throtewoorte, of his vertue in curing the diseases of the throte. 1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden lxi. 117 The Globe-like Throat-worts..grow naturally in divers places beyond the Seas. 1684 R. Sibbald Scotl. Illustr. ii. i. 14 Little Throat-wort, or Canterbury-bells. 1764 W. Burchell Catal. Trees, Shrubs, Plants, & Flowers 59 Trachelium, Throatwort. Blue umbelliferous Throatwort. 1789 J. Pilkington View Derbyshire I. viii. 351 Nettle-leaved Bellflower, Great Throatwort, or Canterbury Bells. 1813 W. Scott Rokeby iii. 112 He laid him down, Where purple heath profusely strown, And throatwort with its azure bell, And moss and thyme his cushion swell. 1835 R. Mant Brit. Months II. vii. 269 The Giant Throatwort's bells of blue: The Meadow Cranesbill's purpler hue. 1914 Knowledge Oct. 364/1 The Throatworts are Campanula Trachelium and C. glomerata. 1999 M. Laird Flowering of Landscape Garden iv. 144/1 Behind them, little clumps of tulips, daffodils, jonquils, double white narcissi, and the occasional throatwort (Trachelium caeruleum). 2. Any of various other plants used to treat diseases of the throat, esp. the figwort Scrophularia nodosa, and (U.S.) button snakeroot, Liatris spicata. Now historical. ΚΠ 1652 N. Culpeper Eng. Physician 90 Some Latin Authours call it [sc. Fig-wort] Cervicria [sic], because it is appropriated to the Neck and we Throat-Wort, because it is appropriated to the Throat. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician vi. 202/2 If the bloud that is let, when it is cold, be like to good bloud in colour,..coming very near the colour of that Indian Throatwort, called the Cardinal Flower. 1739 J. Clayton & J. F. Gronovius Flora Virginica I. 92 Serratula foliis linearibus, floribus solitariis sessilibus... Radix est discutiens, hinc Throat-wort. 1814 Encycl. Londinensis XII. 570/2 Native of North America; where it [sc. Liatris spicata] is called throat-wort, the root being discutient. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1147/2 Throatwort, Trachelium; also Campanula cervicaria and Digitalis purpurea. 1920 Amer. Botanist 26 1122 The most important instance of this is Geum rivale which is known as ‘throatwort’, ‘throat root’ and ‘cureall’. 1952 Indiana Mag. Hist. 48 235 His drugs were typified by horseradish, skunk cabbage, sage, thorn apple,..throatwort, and slippery elm. 2001 Guardian 20 Sept. ii. 15/5 Also known as rosenoble, throatwort, carpenter's square, scrofula plant, kernelwort and heal-all, it [sc. figwort] should not be taken by anyone with an abnormally rapid heartbeat (tachycardia). 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