单词 | carthamus |
释义 | carthamusn. 1. A small genus of annual composite plants; esp. C. tinctorius (Safflower or Bastard Saffron), cultivated from southern Europe to China, the flowers of which yield red and yellow dyes. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in dyeing > [noun] > saffron-thistle bastard saffron1548 carthamus1548 mock saffron1548 safflower1682 Cape saffron1711 distaff thistle1715 African saffron1866 saffron-thistle1889 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. C.iiij Cnecus..is called..in englishe Bastarde saffron or mocke saffron... The Poticaries call thys herbe carthamus. 1813 H. Davy Elements Agric. Chem. iii. 129 The carthamus contains a red and a yellow colouring matter..from the red, rouge is prepared. 2. The florets used in the mass as a dye, and as a drug. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > specific florets carthamusa1661 a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Essex 317 No precious drug is more adulterated [than Saffron] with Cartamus. 1750 W. Beawes Lex Mercatoria 806 Commodities of the Country's [sc. Java's] Growth..Carthame (or Bastard Saffron). Derivatives carˈthamic adj. as in carthamic acid; = carthamin n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > substance > pigment > [noun] > plant pigments > red anchusic acid1833 carthamic acid1838 anchusin1842 brazilin1863 carthamin1863 rhodoxanthin1914 the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > red colouring matter > [noun] > of natural bodies India lake1652 carmine1712 cochenillin1819 santalin1833 carthamic acid1838 anthocyanin1853 phlobaphene1862 brazilin1863 carthamin1863 carminic acid1876 1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 405 Carthamin. This..Dobereiner considers as an acid, to which he has given the name of carthamic acid. ˈcarthamin n. the red colouring matter of safflower, C14H16O7. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > substance > pigment > [noun] > plant pigments > red anchusic acid1833 carthamic acid1838 anchusin1842 brazilin1863 carthamin1863 rhodoxanthin1914 the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > red colouring matter > [noun] > of natural bodies India lake1652 carmine1712 cochenillin1819 santalin1833 carthamic acid1838 anthocyanin1853 phlobaphene1862 brazilin1863 carthamin1863 carminic acid1876 1863 H. Watts Dict. Chem. I. 808 The carthamin is precipitated in red flocks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1548 |
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