单词 | wake-robin |
释义 | wake-robinn. 1. a. The plant Arum maculatum, also commonly called cuckoo-pint, lords-and-ladies, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Araceae (wake-robin and allies) > [noun] dragonsc1000 cuckoo-pintlea1400 yekestersea1400 aaron?c1425 calf's-footc1450 cuckoo-spitc1450 rampa1500 priest's hood1526 wake-robin1530 green dragon1538 arum1551 cuckoo-pint1551 dragonwort1565 priest's pintle1578 tarragon1591 starch root1596 friar's cowl1597 friar's-hood1597 starchwort1597 dragon serpentine1598 dragon's-herb1600 small dragonwort1674 dumb cane1696 skunk weed1735 polecat weed1743 lords and ladies1755 mucka-mucka1769 skunk cabbage1778 bloody man's finger1787 green dragon1789 swamp-cabbage1792 priest in the pulpit1837 orontiad1846 arad1853 cows and calves1853 bulls and cows1863 skunk cabbage1869 aroid1876 Adam and Eve1877 stallion1878 cunjevoi1889 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 286/1 Wakerobyn an herbe. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Addicion Aros, an herbe callyd wake Robyn. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 684 There be diuers sorts of wake Robin or Cockow pint. 1601 J. Lyly Loves Metamorphosis i. ii They haue eaten so much wake-Robin, that they cannot sleepe for loue. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique Wake-robin or Calvesfoot, in Latin Arum... The Root of this plant is purgative and penetrating; they prepare a powder of it that is used in Astma's, Dropsy, and Hypocondriac Melancholy. 1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. II. iv. 255 The root of the arum maculatum, or wake-robin. b. dialect. The purple orchis, Orchis maculata. ΚΠ 1905 Eng. Dial. Dict. c. The red campion, Lychnis diurna. ΚΠ 1905 Eng. Dial. Dict. 2. In the United States applied: (a) to certain araceous plants, esp. Peltandra undulata (or virginica, formerly called Arum virginicum), arrow-arum, tuckahoe n.; (b) to liliaceous plants of the genus Trillium (esp. the white-flowered species). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Liliaceae family or plants > [noun] > Trillium herb true-love1640 birthroot1707 three-leaved nightshade1760 Trillium1760 true love1760 Indian balm1830 nosebleed1869 wake-robin1871 white bath1891 1702 J. Petiver Gazophylacii I. 4 In South Carolina..it Flowers in June and July, and is called by them Wake-Robin. 1711 J. Petiver Gazophylacii VI. Table LX A whitish flowred Arum or Wake Robin, with cordated narrow pointed Leaves. 1770 J. R. Forster tr. P. Kalm Trav. N. Amer. I. 125 The Virginian Wake robin, or Arum Virginicum, grows in wet places. 1871 J. Burroughs Wake-robin p. iv Wake-Robin—the common name of the white Trillium, which blooms in all our woods,..marks the arrival of all the birds. 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 143 Wake-Robin, American, Arum dracontium, Trillium grandiflorum, and T. cernuum. 1915 G. Stratton-Porter M. O'Halloran ii. 32 So long as I could find a scrap of arbutus, a violet or a wake-robin from the woods. 3. In the West Indies and tropical America, applied to certain araceous plants of either of the genera Anthurium (tail-flower) and Philodendron. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > non-British plants or herbs > [noun] > American or West Indian masterwort1523 hogweed1707 black root1709 many-seed1750 Martynia1753 Maranta1754 hog meat1756 iron1756 Evolvulus1764 zebra plant1826 turkey-flower1843 vriesia1843 Spanish needles1846 turkey-blossom1849 horse poison1851 St Martin's herb1860 goatweed1864 wake-robin1864 frog-bit1866 herb of St. Martin1866 pipi1866 goatweed1869 cigar-plant1961 1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 788 Wake-robin, Anthurium and Philodendron. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1530 |
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