释义 |
hound's-tongue [trans. Gr. κυνόγλωσσον, L. cynoglossum.] The genus Cynoglossum of boraginaceous plants, esp. the species C. officinale; also called Dog's-tongue.
c1000Sax. Leechd. I. 144 Ðeos wyrt þe..engle glofwyrt, & oðrum naman hundes tunge hatað. c1265Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 557/37 Lingua canis,..hundestunge. 1544T. Phaer Regim. Lyfe (1553) B vij b, It is verye good to laye vpon them [wounds] the herbe called houndstong stamped with a litle hony. 1678Phillips (ed. 4), Hounds tongue..an Herb whose Leaves are like the Tongue, and smell like the Piss of an Hound. 1858Hogg Veg. Kingd. 542 Cynoglossum officinale, or Hound's-tongue, grows in some parts of Britain. The whole plant has a disagreeable odour. |