| 单词 | breast-weed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbreast-weed breast-weed n. the bog plant lizard's tail, Saururus cernuus, of eastern North America, apparently sometimes used as a treatment for sore breasts.Chiefly in lists of alternative names for the plant. ΚΠ 1826 W. Darlington Florula Cestrica 140 I found it [sc. the plant Saururus cernuus] was known to the neighbors by the name of Breast-weed—they being in the practice of collecting its porous roots, and applying them..to inflamed breasts. 1888 J. M. G. Carter Synopsis Med. Bot. U.S. 95 S[aururus] cernuus, L. (Breast-weed.) Root used. 2014 P. D. Haragan Omstead Parks Louisville 131/2 It is also called water-dragon, swamp-lily, and breast-weed. The latter name comes from a folk remedy where a poultice was made from this plant to relieve painful breasts. < as lemmas |
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