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thoroughwax|ˈθʌrəwæks|
Also 6– thorow-, 6 thorowe-, 7 through-, 6–7 waxe, 6– -wax.
[f. thorough prep. and adv. through + wax v. to grow, after G. durchwachs; from the branches appearing to grow through the leaves.]
A name for the umbelliferous herb Bupleurum rotundifolium, also called hare's-ear, having roundish-oval perfoliate leaves, and small greenish-yellow flowers with conspicuous bracts.
1548Turner Names Herbes 85 Perfoliata is an herbe wyth a leafe lyke a pease... The Germans cal it Durchwassz. It maye be called in englishe Thorowwax, because the stalke waxeth thorowe the leaues. 1578Lyte Dodoens i. xcv. 137 This herbe is now called..in English Thorowwaxe and Thorowleafe. 1597Gerarde Herbal ii. cxlviii. §1. 429 Thorowe waxe or Thorowe leafe, hath a..stalke, diuided into manie small branches, which passe or go thorow the leaues. 1678Phillips (ed. 4), Thorough-wax,..a Martial Herb, somewhat bitter and astringent and good against Ruptures. 1828J. E. Smith Eng. Flora II. 93 B[upleurum] rotundifolium. Common Hare's-ear. Thorow-wax. 1925E. Mellor tr. Bonnier's Brit. Flora 76 Bupleurum..Leaves oval, perfoliate..Throw-wax. 1971Country Life 4 Nov. 1192/1 Our cornfield weed thorow wax..is virtually extinct in Britain. |