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单词 coltsfoot
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coltsfootn.

Brit. /ˈkəʊltsfʊt/, U.S. /ˈkoʊltsˌfʊt/
Forms: Also 1500s coltefote, 1600s coltfoote.
Etymology: < the shape of the leaves. The alleged reference to the colt of Matthew xxi. 7, etc. appears to be a modern conceit.
1.
a. The common name of Tussilago Farfara (family Compositæ), a common weed in waste or clayey ground, with large spreading cordate leaves downy beneath, and yellow flowers appearing in early spring before the leaves.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > coltsfoot
horse-hoof1398
foalfoota1400
wowellc1450
Tussilago1510
coltsfoot1552
bull-foot1562
colt's-hoof1565–73
colt-herb1587
coughwort1597
horse-foot1597
flap-dock1846
clay-weed1878
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Coltefote herb, Bæchion Farfara, Tussilago.
1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 38 Coltes foote of some is called Bethicon.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xii. 20 Called..Fole foote, Horse houe, Coltes foote, and Bull foote.
1624 Althorp MS in J. N. Simpkinson Washingtons p. lv Gathering broome budds and coltfoote.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §560 The Vapor of Colts~foot hath a sanative vertue towards the Lungs.
1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 98 The plant, which..grows first on earth that has been moved, is the coltsfoot.
b. The leaves used for smoking as a cure for asthma, etc.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations treating or preventing specific ailments > [noun] > for asthma > plant-derived
coltsfoot1710
1710 R. Steele Tatler 266 ⁋3 Upon the Table lay a Pipe filled with Bettony and Colts-Foot.
c. An infusion of the leaves.
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the world > food and drink > drink > infused leaves, flowers, or fruit > [noun] > others
coltsfoota1627
sage tea?1706
pippin tea1709
lemon-tea1725
foltron1748
camomile-tea1753
sassafras tea1783
spruce tea1783
mountain tea1785
cow-slip tea1796
miserable1842
peppermint tea1844
violet tea1853
Swiss tea1860
coffee-tea1866
Jesuits' tea1866
St. Helena tea1875
cotton-leaf tea1881
tamarind watera1883
tamarind tea1883
mullein tea1887
rosehip tea1947
a1627 J. Fletcher & T. Middleton Nice Valour iii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Uuu2v/1 Our moderne kick, Which has been mightily in use of late, Since our young men dranke Coltsfoot.
2. Applied to other plants allied to the preceding, e.g. fragrant coltsfoot n., sweet coltsfoot Nardosmia (Petasites) fragrans and palmata. or resembling it in leaf, etc., e.g. in North America, Asarum canadense; in the West Indies, Piper peltatum (Pothomorpha); spotted coltsfoot n. Farfugium grande.water coltsfoot n. Obsolete the yellow water-lily ( Nuphar).
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > water-lilies
edockec1000
water rose?a1300
mead-flower?a1350
water beanc1400
water coltsfoot14..
nenuphar?a1425
water lily?a1425
lotec1487
lotusc1487
nymphaea1543
water-can1622
can-dock1661
lotus flower1710
pond lily1748
Indian lotus1797
padma1799
Nuphar1822
beaver-root1832
splatterdock1832
frog-lily1845
brandy-bottle1846
Victoria1846
water nymph1848
lotus lily1857
cow-lily1862
pool lily1902
14.. MS. Bodl. 536 in T. O. Cockayne Saxon Leechdoms III. 319 Pees pully aquaticus, i.e. water coltys fot, it is [lyke] to water lyly & hit haþ a ȝolow floure.
1856 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Flower Garden 80 Coltsfoot (sweet-scented)... Its flowers, with a powerful heliotrope-odour, appear in winter, before the leaves.
3. (See quot. 1601). Obsolete.
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1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 510 Sprigs slipped from the stocke, liue and doe full well: but..they ought to be pulled away with a colts foot of their owne, so as they take a quicke parcell also of their mothers bodie with them, in manner of a fringe or border hanging thereto.

Compounds

coltsfoot candy n. = coltsfoot-rock n.
coltsfoot-rock n. candy or rock made with the leaves of the coltsfoot, used as a remedy for coughs and colds.
coltsfoot stick n.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations treating or preventing specific ailments > [noun] > for colds
pennet1337
penidea1400
alphenic1657
stewed quaker1785
coltsfoot stick1851
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 78/1 A street-vendor of cough drops, horehound candy, coltsfoot-sticks.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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