| 单词 | water navelwort |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater 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. < as lemmas |
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