| 单词 | venus's navelwort |
| 释义 | > as lemmasVenus's navelwort Any of various plants having a feature likened to a navel; spec. (a) wall pennywort, Umbilicus rupestris (family Crassulaceae), having round, fleshy, peltate leaves with a central dimple; (b) (more fully Venus's navelwort) a plant of the genus Omphalodes (family Boraginaceae), having seeds with a navel-like depression; esp. O. linifolia; (c) (more fully †water navelwort) any plant of the genus Hydrocotyle (family Apiaceae ( Umbelliferae)), esp. marsh pennywort, H. vulgaris, with round peltate leaves. Also with other distinguishing words. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Crassulaceae (stonecrop and allies) > [noun] > navelwort pennywortc1300 wall penny-grassa1400 navelwortc1450 wall penny grass1562 Venus' navel1592 hipwort1597 sea-navel1597 sea-navelwort1597 sea-pennywort1597 Venus' garden1597 cotyledon1601 kidneywort1640 Venus's navelwort1678 penny pie1707 acetabulum1727 penny leaf1782 pancakes1882 c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 620/1 (MED) Vmbilicus..Nauelworte. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 423 The great Nauelwoort hath round and thicke leaues. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 424 There is a kinde of Nauelwoort, that groweth in waterie places. 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole xxxii. 232 Wee doe call them Nauelworts in English rather than Houseleekes. 1648 J. Bobart Eng. Catal. in Catalogus Plantarum Horti Medici Oxoniensis Venus Navellwort, Umbilicus Veneris. 1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ iii. xxii. 441 Navel wort. That of the water helps the Sciatica, Gout and Kings-evil. 1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis 209 Wall Navel-wort. This is not known of late in Medicine. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 320 Navel-wort, Bastard, Crassula. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 320 Venus's Navel-wort, Cynoglossum. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 320 Navelwort, Water, Hydrocotyle. 1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands ii. viii. 175 The pretty, round, fresh leaf of the navel-wort (cotyledon umbilicus) is seen on every wall. 1865 P. H. Gosse Land & Sea 183 The fleshy coin-like leaves of the pretty navel-wort. 1882 Garden 10 June 411/3 Small bouquets of pink Brier Roses with Venus's Navelwort. 1936 Jrnl. Ecol. 24 437 The growth of the sea spleenwort and navelwort is here very luxuriant. 1965 M. Spark Mandelbaum Gate (1967) vi. 184 Silvery dimpled leaves, Umbilicus rupestris, Navelwort. 1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 177/2 Navelwort is conspicuous in rocks, walls and stony banks in the west of Britain. Venus's navelwort Venus's navelwort n. (a) the pennywort, Cotyledon Umbilicus; (b) one or other species of annual plants belonging to the genus Omphalodes, esp. O. linifolia. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Boraginaceae (bugloss and allies) > [noun] ribeOE hound's-tonguec1000 ox-tonguea1325 rotheren tongue?a1350 buglossa1400 dog's tongue?a1425 lungwort1538 anchusa1548 sheep's tongue1552 cowslip of Jerusalem1578 Our Lady's milkwort1578 pulmonaria1578 sage of Jerusalem1578 wild comfrey1578 maiden-lips1589 bugloss cowslip1597 viper's bugloss1597 viper's herb1597 ribbie1607 lithospermon1646 wall bugloss1650 lady's glove1668 Venus's navelwort1678 spotted comfrey1688 cynogloss1705 Jerusalem sage1736 lawn1778 Mertensia1836 stickseed1843 Virginian cowslip1856 bluebell1858 gooseberry fool1858 Jerusalem cowslip1866 borage-wort1882 echium1883 rose noble1886 milksile- the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Crassulaceae (stonecrop and allies) > [noun] > navelwort pennywortc1300 wall penny-grassa1400 navelwortc1450 wall penny grass1562 Venus' navel1592 hipwort1597 sea-navel1597 sea-navelwort1597 sea-pennywort1597 Venus' garden1597 cotyledon1601 kidneywort1640 Venus's navelwort1678 penny pie1707 acetabulum1727 penny leaf1782 pancakes1882 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Venus Navelwort,..a Plant of Venus, esteemed of great use;..otherwise called Wall Penywort, and Kidneywort. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Omphalodes Low Vernal Venus Navel-wort, with a Comfry-leaf, or Lesser Borage. 1767 J. Abercrombie Every Man his Own Gardener 51 Hardy annual flower seeds:..lobels, catchfly, Venus navel wort, dwarf poppy. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 812/1 Omphalodes;..several species are grown in English gardens, under the name of Venus's Navelwort. 1882 Garden 10 June 411/3 Small bouquets of pink Brier Roses with Venus's Navelwort. < as lemmas |
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