| 单词 | britannic herb |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbritannic herb More fully britannic herb. An unidentified plant, variously interpreted as a kind of dock or bistort (genera Rumex and Polygonum), cowslip or primrose (genus Primula), or scurvy grass (genus Cochlearia). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > water-dock britannicOE water docka1400 horse-sorrel1578 OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) xxx. 74 Wið muðes sare genim þas wyrte þe Grecas brittanice [?a1200 Harl. 6258B bryttanica] & Engle hæwenhydele nemneð [L. herba britannica]. OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) xxx. 74 Eft wið muþes sare genim þa ylcan wyrte bryttanicam [?a1200 Harl. 6258B bryttanican]. 1526 Grete Herball lxxi. sig. Eii v/1 Britanica herba is herbe britanike other wyse called ameos. The ytalyens call it beata piaca niaca. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 34 Britannick, or English Herb hath the very looke of the greatest Sorrell. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 269 The herbe Britannica..transported vnto vs out of Britaine. 1609 P. Erondelle tr. M. Lescarbot Noua Francia vi. 36 An hearbe called Britannica, or Scuruie-grasse. 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) ii. 401 The seed [of scurvy grass is] reddish.., which is not to be seen in Britannica, which is rather holden to be Bistort or garden Patience, than Scuruie grasse. 1715 J. Delacoste tr. H. Boerhaave Aphorisms 320 He speaks of the Britannick Herb, which I take to be Scurvy-grass. 1883 E. Guest Origines Celticae II. i. 4 His [sc. Germanicus'] troops suffered from a certain complaint, probably scurvy, and were cured by the use of a herb, which the Frisii pointed out to them, and which was called the Britannic herb. < as lemmas |
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