单词 | urtica |
释义 | urtican.ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Acalepha > member of (jelly-fish) nettle1601 sea-nettle1601 blubber1602 nettlefish1611 red nettle1611 squalder1659 sea-jellya1682 urticaa1682 carvel1688 sea-qualm1694 sea-bleb1700 acaleph1706 sea-blubber1717 Medusa1752 quarla1820 acalephan1834 medusite1838 jellyfish1841 naked-eyed medusa1848 slobber1849 sea-cross1850 sea-danger1850 sun squall1853 discophore1856 medusoid1856 starch1860 Discophoran1876 jelly1882 sea-blub1885 a1682 Sir T. Browne Acct. Fishes Norfolk in Wks. (1835) IV. 333 Sea stars in great plenty,..whether they be bred out of the urticas [printed urticus], squalders, or sea jellies, as many report, we cannot confirm. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) The Urtica..is obliged to throw out the shell fish alive again. 2. (With capital initial.) A genus of apetalous plants, typical of the Nat. Order Urticaceæ, including the true nettles; also, a plant of this, a stinging-nettle.The original stressing urˈtica (cf. quots. 1764 –1789) is retained in some modern dictionaries. Ash (1775), however, gives ˈurtica, and this is usual in dictionaries from 1888–. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Urticaceae (nettle and allies) > [noun] nettleeOE dock-nettlea1300 Greekish nettlec1450 Roman nettle1578 red nettle1611 ettle1688 urtica1706 bur-nettle1714 pill nettle1714 nettle plant1764 richweed1814 clearweed1822 sting-nettle1822 ongaonga1842 nettlewort1846 urtical1846 jinny1876 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Urtica, the Nettle, an Herb so call'd because it raises Blisters. 1764 J. Grainger Sugar-cane ii. 81 The little nautilus with purple pride Expands his sails [Errata: for lines 505 and 506, read The fring'd urtica spreads her purple form To catch the gale]. 1789 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. II ii. 103 Wide o'er the mad'ning throng Urtica flings Her barbed shafts. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVI. 163/1 The Nettle-trees..having leaves resembling those of some kinds of Urtica. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 489 Certain species of urtica or nettle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.a1682 |
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