widow wailn.

Brit.

/ˈwɪdəʊ weɪl/, U.S.

/ˈwɪdoʊ ˌweɪl/

Forms: see widow n. and wail n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: widow n., wail n.

Etymology: < widow n. + wail n., apparently so called because of the toxicity of these plants.Compare post-classical Latin herba faciens viduas , lit. ‘herb making widows’ (14th cent. in the work referred to in quot. 1597 at sense 1) and herba viduifica , lit. ‘widow-making herb’ (16th cent. or earlier; compare viduifical adj.).

1. A small Mediterranean evergreen shrub with yellow flowers and red, three-lobed berries, Cneorum tricoccon (family Rutaceae). Now historical and rare.Formerly also called mezereon n. C. trococcon has previously been used medicinally as a purgative and rubifacient.

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widow wail1597

silver-bush1640

Jupiter's beard1760

1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1215 Chamelæa Arabum Tricoccos. Widow Wayle... It is also named of diuers Oliuella, as Mathæus Syluaticus saith: it is called in English Widow Wayle quia facit viduas.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxiv. xv. 198 Chamelæa [margin.] otherwise called Mezereon, Widow-waile.

1651 L. Sowerby Ladies Dispensatory 274 Housleek, southernwood, Groundpine, and widdow-waile, taken in wormwood wine.

1697 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 396 Tricoccos Shrubs called Widdow-Wayles.

1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 320/1 Widow Wail, Cneorum.

1785 W. Marshall Planting & Ornamental Gardening 123 The Cneorum, or Widow-wail, is a shrub of about a yard in growth, and is an excellent one for the front of evergreen quarters.

1832 C. Don Gen. Hist. Dichlamydeous Plants II. 78/1 Three-berried Widow-wail.

1887 G. Nicholson Illustr. Dict. Gardening II. 344/2 Cneorum..Widow-wail. Ord. Simarubeæ. Very ornamental green-house or half-hardy evergreen sub-shrubs, with axillary yellow flowers.

1903 J. H. Maiden Guide Bot. Gardens, Sydney 17 Cneorum tricoccum, Linn., which possesses in Europe the peculiar popular name of ‘Widow Wail’.

1976 A. Leighton Amer. Gardens 18th Cent. (1986) xi. 284 Widow wail..a low evergreen shrub with a small yellow flower, easily raised from seed sown in the fall.

†2. A shrub of the genus Daphne (family Thymelaeaceae); esp. the mezereon, D. mezereum, with pink or pale purple flowers and bright red berries (more fully mountain widow wail). Cf. viduifical adj. Obsolete. D. mezereum contains toxic alkaloids which are present in especially high amounts in the berries and sap. It was previously used as a medicinal herb but is now cultivated as a garden plant.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > daphnes > [noun]

laureolec1386

Daphnec1430

mezereona1500

laurel1548

daffadowndilly1591

Dutch mezereon1597

herb terrible1597

spurge laurel1597

widow wail1597

rock rose1629

spurge olive1668

spurge flax1678

wood laurel1728

mezereum1754

Daphnad1847

spurge Daphne1872

1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1217 Thymelæa. Spurge Flaxe, or mountaine Widow Wayle.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Thymelée, Spurge-Flax, mountaine Widow-wayle.

1658 tr. D. Sennert Nine Bks. Physick & Chirurg. v. v. 417 Purgers are given from ten grains to halfe a drachm, hiterto belongs Mezereum,..i.e. Mountaine Widdow-waile.

1761 W. Lewis Exper. Hist. Materia Medica 559 Mezereum... Spurge-olive, widow-wail: with pale purplish flowers clothing the branches.

1846 T. Keightley Notes Bucolics & Georgics of Virgil 380 Spurge-flax or Mountain Widow-wail.

1854 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 257/1 Daphne Mezereum, atic name of the plant which affords mezereon bark; spurge olive; widow wail; mezereon.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	widow wail
释义	widow wailn. Brit. /ˈwɪdəʊ weɪl/, U.S. /ˈwɪdoʊ ˌweɪl/ Forms: see widow n. and wail n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: widow n., wail n. Etymology: < widow n. + wail n., apparently so called because of the toxicity of these plants.Compare post-classical Latin herba faciens viduas , lit. ‘herb making widows’ (14th cent. in the work referred to in quot. 1597 at sense 1) and herba viduifica , lit. ‘widow-making herb’ (16th cent. or earlier; compare viduifical adj.). 1. A small Mediterranean evergreen shrub with yellow flowers and red, three-lobed berries, Cneorum tricoccon (family Rutaceae). Now historical and rare.Formerly also called mezereon n. C. trococcon has previously been used medicinally as a purgative and rubifacient. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > of the Mediterranean or Southern Europe > other shrubs of Southern Europe widow wail1597 silver-bush1640 Jupiter's beard1760 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1215 Chamelæa Arabum Tricoccos. Widow Wayle... It is also named of diuers Oliuella, as Mathæus Syluaticus saith: it is called in English Widow Wayle quia facit viduas. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxiv. xv. 198 Chamelæa [margin.] otherwise called Mezereon, Widow-waile. 1651 L. Sowerby Ladies Dispensatory 274 Housleek, southernwood, Groundpine, and widdow-waile, taken in wormwood wine. 1697 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 396 Tricoccos Shrubs called Widdow-Wayles. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 320/1 Widow Wail, Cneorum. 1785 W. Marshall Planting & Ornamental Gardening 123 The Cneorum, or Widow-wail, is a shrub of about a yard in growth, and is an excellent one for the front of evergreen quarters. 1832 C. Don Gen. Hist. Dichlamydeous Plants II. 78/1 Three-berried Widow-wail. 1887 G. Nicholson Illustr. Dict. Gardening II. 344/2 Cneorum..Widow-wail. Ord. Simarubeæ. Very ornamental green-house or half-hardy evergreen sub-shrubs, with axillary yellow flowers. 1903 J. H. Maiden Guide Bot. Gardens, Sydney 17 Cneorum tricoccum, Linn., which possesses in Europe the peculiar popular name of ‘Widow Wail’. 1976 A. Leighton Amer. Gardens 18th Cent. (1986) xi. 284 Widow wail..a low evergreen shrub with a small yellow flower, easily raised from seed sown in the fall. †2. A shrub of the genus Daphne (family Thymelaeaceae); esp. the mezereon, D. mezereum, with pink or pale purple flowers and bright red berries (more fully mountain widow wail). Cf. viduifical adj. Obsolete. D. mezereum contains toxic alkaloids which are present in especially high amounts in the berries and sap. It was previously used as a medicinal herb but is now cultivated as a garden plant. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > daphnes > [noun] laureolec1386 Daphnec1430 mezereona1500 laurel1548 daffadowndilly1591 Dutch mezereon1597 herb terrible1597 spurge laurel1597 widow wail1597 rock rose1629 spurge olive1668 spurge flax1678 wood laurel1728 mezereum1754 Daphnad1847 spurge Daphne1872 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1217 Thymelæa. Spurge Flaxe, or mountaine Widow Wayle. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Thymelée, Spurge-Flax, mountaine Widow-wayle. 1658 tr. D. Sennert Nine Bks. Physick & Chirurg. v. v. 417 Purgers are given from ten grains to halfe a drachm, hiterto belongs Mezereum,..i.e. Mountaine Widdow-waile. 1761 W. Lewis Exper. Hist. Materia Medica 559 Mezereum... Spurge-olive, widow-wail: with pale purplish flowers clothing the branches. 1846 T. Keightley Notes Bucolics & Georgics of Virgil 380 Spurge-flax or Mountain Widow-wail. 1854 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 257/1 Daphne Mezereum, atic name of the plant which affords mezereon bark; spurge olive; widow wail; mezereon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1597
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