| 单词 | christ's ladder |
| 释义 | > as lemmasChrist's ladder Christ's ladder n. any of several European centauries; esp. the common centaury, Centaurium erythraea.Now chiefly in lists of alternative names for these plants. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > centaury centauryeOE earth-galleOE feverfewOE Christ's ladderc1300 feltrikec1440 horse-galla1500 gall of the earth1567 gall-wort1577 marsh centaury1670 yellow-wort1783 c1300 in T. Hunt Pop. Med. 13th-cent. Eng. (1990) v. 229 Unam de centaurea .i. cristisladdir. 1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. c.v Take an herbe callid cristis lardder. 1863 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants 46 Christ's Ladder, an old name, for we find it as Christis leddere in catalogues of the fourteenth century. 1944 Jrnl. Gypsy Lore Soc. 23 23 Centuary (Erythraea centaurium), also called Christ's Ladder, Fellwort, Feverwort, Gall-of-the-Earth... The dried herb is used as a tea by many south-country Gypsies and is regarded as a first-rate tonic and very good for consumption. Christ's ladder 4. In names of plants, as Christ's ladder (see Christ n. and int. Compounds 3). Ladder to Heaven (see quots.). Also Jacob's ladder n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > Solomon's seal or star of Bethlehem whitewort?c1400 Solomon's seal1543 dog's onion1548 white root1548 ornithogalum1562 Our Lady's cowslip1565 St John's seal1567 star of Bethlehem1573 ornithogal1578 field onion1582 Polygonatum1597 star of Bethlehem1629 Ladder to Heaven1640 Star of Naples1722 smilacina1808 seal-wort1837 lady's seal1870 peep of day1882 morning star1890 chinkerinchee1926 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 699 Wee in English [call it] Salomons Seale most usually, but in some countries the people call it Ladder to Heaven,..from the forme of the stalke of leaves, one being set above another. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 306/2 Ladder to Heaven, Convallaria. 1879 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Ladder to Heaven. (1) Polemonium cæruleum, L. (2) Polygonatum multiflorum. < as lemmas |
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