A plant used as a source of food or for medicinal purposes. Cf. pot-herb, n. 1. Now archaic and historical.
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| 释义 | the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine (184) worteOE A plant used as a source of food or for medicinal purposes. Cf. pot-herb, n. 1. Now archaic and historical. herbc1290 spec. Applied to plants of which the leaves, or stem and leaves, are used for food or medicine, or in some way for their scent or flavour. simple?a1425 A medicinal preparation containing or consisting of a single active ingredient; the active ingredient of such a preparation, spec. a medicinal… Subcategories:— specific plant (100) — root (39) — specific barks (17) — specific leaves (5) — specific seeds (9) — specific fruits or nuts (4) — specific florets (1) — pollen-producing part of stamen (1) — tops of broom (1) — wood (4) |
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