| 释义 |
throatwort|ˈθrəʊtwɜːt|
[f. as prec. + wort: see quot. 1597.]
Name for the Nettle-leaved Bell-flower, Campanula Trachelium; also extended to other species, as C. glomerata, latifolia, and Cervicaria; also locally applied to the Foxglove, Figwort (Scrophularia nodosa), and American Button Snake-root (Liatris spicata).
1578Lyte Dodoens ii. xx. 170 This Throtewurte or Haskwurte..is..of three sortes,..the great and the small, and the creeping kinde. 1597Gerarde Herbal ii. cx. 363 The thirde sort of Canterburie Bels, called likewise Throtewoorte, of his vertue in curing the diseases of the throte. 1766Museum Rust. VI. 446 Lesser Throatwort, or Canterbury Bells. 1813Scott Rokeby iii. viii, Where..throatwort with its azure bell, And moss and thyme his cushion swell. Note. The Campanula latifolia, Grand [? error for Giant] Throatwort, or Canterbury Bells, grows in profusion upon the beautiful banks of the river Greta. |