cancer rootn.

Brit.

/ˈkansə ˌruːt/, U.S.

/ˈkænsər ˌrut/,

/ˈkænsər ˌrʊt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cancer n., root n.¹

Etymology: < cancer n. + root n.¹, probably so called either on account of its use in the treatment of ulcers and cancers (compare cancer n. 4, cancerwort n. at cancer n. and adj. Compounds 4) or perhaps on account of the plants' parasitic nature (compare quot. 1818).

Chiefly North American.

Any of various plants used medicinally; esp. any of several parasitic plants of the genera Orobanche and Conopholis (family Orobanchaceae), formerly used to treat skin complaints such as ulcers, and believed by some to be effective against cancer.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > names applied to various plants or parts

boneworteOE

springworteOE

atterlothec1000

halswortc1000

bruisewortOE

motherworta1200

panax?a1200

bloodworta1300

serpentinea1400

tutsana1400

wartworta1400

wormseeda1400

grace of God?c1400

nailworta1425

Gratia Dei?c1425

sanguinaryc1440

panacea1522

parthenium1548

woundwort1548

wart-weed1573

cardiaca1578

hermodactyl1578

panacea1590

holy seed1597

whitlow-grass1597

feverwort1611

fever and ague root1676

rattlesnake root1682

snake-root1712

cancer root1714

fever-root1739

strongback1739

rheumatism root1835

heal-all1853

wound-weed1857

1714 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 29 64 To this they add a Root call'd the Cancer Root.

1793 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 3 p. xix Rumex acetosella,..sower-dock, cancer-root, is recommended against inveterate ring-worms.

1818 W. P. C. Barton Veg. Materia Medica U.S. II. 29 The vulgar name cancer-root, may have had its origin in the cancerous like structure, if I may so speak, of the root; or perhaps from the use of the plant in the treatment of cancers.

1837 J. L. Williams Territory of Florida 86 Cancer Root. Orobanche virginica. O. unifolia.

1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 399 One of the thousand pretended remedies for that dread affliction, the cancer, is drawn from a yellowish plant (Orobanche) found in almost all parts of the Union, and hence called Cancer-root.

1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Cancer Root, Conopholis (Orobanche) americana and Epiphegus virginiana.—one-flowered, Aphyllon uniflorum.

1925 Middleton (N. Y.) Daily Herald 4 July 4/7 The true beech drop is a member of the broomrape family, but is also parasitic and is known as cancer root.

1943 H. W. Rickett Green Earth xi. 318 It is to be noted..that a number of quite obvious plants have no green color... The cancer-root has pretty flowers of a pale lavender on white leafless stems.

1973 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 100 48 Orobanche uniflora L., One-flowered Cancer-root.

2001 D. B. Worthen Proctor & Gamble's Pharmacist's Handbk. (ed. 2) 382 (table) Pokeweed. Phytolacca americana. Cancer root, pigeon berry.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	cancer root
释义	cancer rootn. Brit. /ˈkansə ˌruːt/, U.S. /ˈkænsər ˌrut/, /ˈkænsər ˌrʊt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cancer n., root n.¹ Etymology: < cancer n. + root n.¹, probably so called either on account of its use in the treatment of ulcers and cancers (compare cancer n. 4, cancerwort n. at cancer n. and adj. Compounds 4) or perhaps on account of the plants' parasitic nature (compare quot. 1818). Chiefly North American. Any of various plants used medicinally; esp. any of several parasitic plants of the genera Orobanche and Conopholis (family Orobanchaceae), formerly used to treat skin complaints such as ulcers, and believed by some to be effective against cancer. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > names applied to various plants or parts boneworteOE springworteOE atterlothec1000 halswortc1000 bruisewortOE motherworta1200 panax?a1200 bloodworta1300 serpentinea1400 tutsana1400 wartworta1400 wormseeda1400 grace of God?c1400 nailworta1425 Gratia Dei?c1425 sanguinaryc1440 panacea1522 parthenium1548 woundwort1548 wart-weed1573 cardiaca1578 hermodactyl1578 panacea1590 holy seed1597 whitlow-grass1597 feverwort1611 fever and ague root1676 rattlesnake root1682 snake-root1712 cancer root1714 fever-root1739 strongback1739 rheumatism root1835 heal-all1853 wound-weed1857 1714 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 29 64 To this they add a Root call'd the Cancer Root. 1793 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 3 p. xix Rumex acetosella,..sower-dock, cancer-root, is recommended against inveterate ring-worms. 1818 W. P. C. Barton Veg. Materia Medica U.S. II. 29 The vulgar name cancer-root, may have had its origin in the cancerous like structure, if I may so speak, of the root; or perhaps from the use of the plant in the treatment of cancers. 1837 J. L. Williams Territory of Florida 86 Cancer Root. Orobanche virginica. O. unifolia. 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 399 One of the thousand pretended remedies for that dread affliction, the cancer, is drawn from a yellowish plant (Orobanche) found in almost all parts of the Union, and hence called Cancer-root. 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Cancer Root, Conopholis (Orobanche) americana and Epiphegus virginiana.—one-flowered, Aphyllon uniflorum. 1925 Middleton (N. Y.) Daily Herald 4 July 4/7 The true beech drop is a member of the broomrape family, but is also parasitic and is known as cancer root. 1943 H. W. Rickett Green Earth xi. 318 It is to be noted..that a number of quite obvious plants have no green color... The cancer-root has pretty flowers of a pale lavender on white leafless stems. 1973 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 100 48 Orobanche uniflora L., One-flowered Cancer-root. 2001 D. B. Worthen Proctor & Gamble's Pharmacist's Handbk. (ed. 2) 382 (table) Pokeweed. Phytolacca americana. Cancer root, pigeon berry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1714
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