单词 | broomrape |
释义 | broomrapen. A large genus of parasitic herbs ( Orobanche), which attach themselves to the roots of broom, furze, clover, and other leguminous plants, having a brownish-yellow leafless fleshy stem furnished with pointed scales or bracts. The name was first applied to O. major, the Rapum genistæ of Lobel and other early herbalists. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > parasitic plants > [noun] > broomrape choke-weed1548 Orobanche1548 orobe-strangler1562 strangle-tare1562 broomrape1578 choke-wort1620 kill-herb1671 strangle-weed1693 strangle-vetch1796 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. vi. 664 That excrescence comming from the roote of Broome is called..in Latine Rapum Genistæ, that is to say, Broome Rape. 1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ iii. xxii. 424 Broom-rape..easeth pains in the Reins. 1712 Philos. Trans. 1710–12 (Royal Soc.) 27 345 A large Broom-rape with a purple Flower. 1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. III. 120 Brown and leafless parasites, like the Broom-rapes. 1883 G. Allen in Knowledge 3 Aug. 65/1 The fat, tuberous stems of the greater broomrape. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1578 |
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