| 单词 | bugbane |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbugbane bugbane n. any of various toxic plants of the genera Cimifuga and Actaea (family Ranunculaceae), formerly used to repel bedbugs; esp. A. cimifuga (or C. foetida) of Siberia and East Asia; cf. baneberry n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants yielding poison > plants yielding insecticide or used to repel insects > [noun] fly-bane1597 bugbane1723 timbo1725 fly-agaric1788 rattleweed1793 cube1924 1723 R. Ball Astrol. Improv'd (ed. 2) i. 59 He [sc. Mercury] rules Carrots, Carroways.., Medow Treyfoyl or Bugbane. 1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. III. 862 Cimicifuga, or bugbane, an herb of the order ranunculaceæ. 2001 Org. Gardening Apr. 54/3 Elegant woodland wildflowers, bugbanes thrive in partial shade to full sun, producing 3- to 7-foot spikes of bottlebrush-like blooms. < as lemmas |
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