| 单词 | burnet | 
| 释义 | burnetn.2 1.  The popular name of plants belonging to the genera  Sanguisorba and  Poterium (family  Rosaceæ), of which the Great or Common Burnet ( Sanguisorba officinalis) is common in meadows, and the Lesser or Salad Burnet ( Poterium Sanguisorba) on the Chalk. The old herbalists confounded with these the Burnet Saxifrage  Pimpinella Saxifraga, an umbelliferous plant resembling the Burnets in foliage. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > 			[noun]		 > agrimony or lady's mantle or burnet agrimonyeOE padelion?a1300 burnetc1400 sindaw1548 liverwort1566 great sanicle1578 lady's mantle1578 pimpernel1578 goose-chite1597 philanthropos1597 Poterium1597 lion's foot1611 salading-burnet1766 burnet blood-wort1776 dew-cup1799 sanguisorb1846 salad burnet1854 c1265    Anglo-Norm. Voc. in  T. Wright  & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. 557  				Burneta, sprungwurt.]			 c1400    MS. Sloane 2457, f. 6  		(Halliw.)	  				Pympurnolle..Englysch y-called is burnet. c1450    Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 25  				Burnete [uel burnette]. 1527    L. Andrewe tr.  H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. Cj  				The other is named the greate Pympinella or burnet. 1597    W. Langham Garden of Health 109  				Bvrnet openeth the stoppings of the liuer..and helpeth the Jaundes. a1616    W. Shakespeare Henry V 		(1623)	  v. ii. 49  				The euen Meade, that erst brought sweetly forth The freckled Cowslip, Burnet, and greene  Clouer.       View more context for this quotation 1693    J. Evelyn tr.  J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner  ii. vi. vi. 188  				Burnet, called in French Pimprenelle, or Pimpernelle, is a very Common and ordinary Sallet furniture. 1757    J. Dyer Fleece  i. 41  				Mix'd with the greens of burnet, mint, and thyme. 1796    C. Marshall Introd. Knowl. & Pract. Gardening xvi. 328  				Burnet is a warm perennial sallad herb, propagated in spring or autumn. 1882    Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 9 No. 3. 461  				By the waysides..the common burnet was growing.  2.  In the names of species of moths belonging to the genus  Zygæna; cf. burnet-moth n. at  Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > 			[noun]		 > family Zygaenidae > member of (burnet fly) zygaenidan1837 burnet-moth1842 burnet-fly1885 burnet1921 1775    M. Harris Eng. Lepidoptera 15  				English Names... Burnet, sphinx..six spots of scarlet, inferiors scarlet. Burnet, companion... Brown clouded, inferior yellow vein'd with brown. 1832    J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 22  				The Melilot Burnet... The Trefoil Burnet... The Five Spot Burnet. 1921    19th Cent. Feb. 273  				The Zygaenidae, or Burnets. 1961    R. South Moths Brit. Isles 334  				The Six-spot Burnet..is the most generally common of our Burnets. Compounds  burnet blood-wort  n.  Sanguisorba officinalis. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > 			[noun]		 > agrimony or lady's mantle or burnet agrimonyeOE padelion?a1300 burnetc1400 sindaw1548 liverwort1566 great sanicle1578 lady's mantle1578 pimpernel1578 goose-chite1597 philanthropos1597 Poterium1597 lion's foot1611 salading-burnet1766 burnet blood-wort1776 dew-cup1799 sanguisorb1846 salad burnet1854 1776    W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. 		(1801)	 II. 197  				Burnet Blood-wort, a hard woody plant with winged leaves and a 4-cleft blossom.   burnet-buttons  n. the flower-heads of Burnet. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > 			[noun]		 > agrimony or lady's mantle or burnet > flower-head burnet-buttons1821 1821    J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 124  				On the pis~mire's castle hill While the burnet-buttons quak'd.   burnet-fly  n.  Anthrocera (or  Zygæna)  filipendulæ a greenish black moth, with crimson spots on its wings. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > 			[noun]		 > family Zygaenidae > member of (burnet fly) zygaenidan1837 burnet-moth1842 burnet-fly1885 burnet1921 1885    Pall Mall Gaz. 1 June 5/1  				A good burnett fly, and some harelips hovering overhead.   burnet-moth  n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > 			[noun]		 > family Zygaenidae > member of (burnet fly) zygaenidan1837 burnet-moth1842 burnet-fly1885 burnet1921 1842    Penny Cycl. XXII. 345/2  				The six-spotted Burnet moth (Anthrocera Filipendulæ)..has six red spots on the superior wings.   burnet-rose  n. the Scotch Rose ( Rosa spinosissima). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > brier or wild rose-bush > 			[noun]		 brierc1000 eglaterea1400 eglantinec1400 hound's thornc1420 dogberry1527 dog-briar1530 sweet-briar1538 brier-bush1562 dog bramble1567 canker1582 dog rose1597 canker rose1606 dog-thorn1694 cynorrhodon1706 bramble-rose1713 Scotch rose1731 white dog rose1770 brier-rose1810 bull-brier1860 missionary1881 burnet-rose1884 1884    Worsley-Benison in  Evang. Mag. June 251  				The little Burnet-Rose of our chalk-hills and sandy shores..has white flowers.   burnet saxifrage  n.  Pimpinella Saxifraga (cf. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Umbelliferae (umbellifers) > 			[noun]		 > burnet saxifrage morecrop?a1450 pimpernel1526 bibenella1631 burnet saxifrage1668 1668    Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char.  ii. iv. §4  				Burnet saxifrage. 1785    T. Martyn tr.  J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. v. 60  				Most of them have their little flowers white. As..Burnet Saxifrage.   burnet-sphinx  n. = burnet-moth n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > 			[noun]		 > family Zygaenidae > member of (burnet fly) > kinds of burnet-sphinx1870 New Forest Burnet1895 1870    J. Clifford in  Eng. Mech. 21 Jan. 449 3  				In February..the caterpillars of the Six Spotted Burnet Sphinx (Zygæna Filipendulæ). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2021). † burnetadj.n.1 Obsolete.  A. adj.  a.  Of a dark brown colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > 			[adjective]		 > dark brown burnetc1200 fusk1599 fusky1610 chocolate-coloured1736 brunneous1815 chocolate1819 ustulate1826 scorched1832 fuscescent1881 forest-brown1892 burnt-coloured1896 Jacobean1918 mocha1977 c1200    Trin. Coll. Hom. 163  				Hire mentel grene oðer burnet. c1440    Promptorium Parvulorum 56  				Burnet colowre, burnetum. a1500    in  T. Wright  & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. 		(1884)	 I. 569  				Burnetus, burnet, color quidam est. a1522    G. Douglas in  tr.  Virgil Æneid 		(1960)	  xii. Prol. 106  				Sa mony diuerss hew, Sum perss, sum paill, sum burnet, and sum blew.  b.  absol. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > 			[noun]		 > dark brown burneta1450 chocolate colour1729 chocolate-brown1766 chocolate1785 mocha1895 mocha brown1895 nigger1914 nigger-brown1915 tête de nègre1916 cocoa1923 charcoal brown1959 peat1971 a1450    Syr Peny v, in  T. Wright  & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ 		(1845)	 II. 108  				He may gar them trayle syde In burnet and in grene. 1614    W. Camden Remaines 		(rev. ed.)	 232  				The roabes..of Greene or Burnet.  B. n.1  a.  A wool-dyed cloth of superior quality, originally of dark brown colour. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > 			[noun]		 > of specific colour > brown burnet1284 1284    in  J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices 		(1866)	 		(modernized text)	 II. 536/3.  				 c1325    Love song in  T. Wright  & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ 		(1845)	 II. 19  				Of a blak bornet al wos hir wede. c1400    Rom. Rose 4759  				As well be amourettes In mourning blak, as bright burnettes. 1753    Chambers's Cycl. Suppl.  				Burnet, in middle age writers, denotes brown cloth made of dyed wool.  b.  See quot. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > 			[noun]		 > hood hooda700 caprona1477 stroup1579 burnet1616 1616    J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor  				Burnet, a hood, or attire for the head. 1623    in  H. Cockeram Eng. Dict.  				 1678    E. Phillips New World of Words 		(new ed.)	  				 This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021). <  | 
	
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