单词 | common ragwort |
释义 | > as lemmascommon ragwort a. Any of numerous plants of the genera Jacobaea and Senecio (family Asteraceae ( Compositae)), marked by irregularly lobed leaves and flat-topped clusters of radiate flower heads with typically yellow marginal ray flowers; esp. (more fully common ragwort) Jacobaea vulgaris, a troublesome weed of pastures in Eurasia that is introduced in other parts of the world, and was formerly used medicinally; = ragweed n. 2a. Cf. groundsel n.1In the United Kingdom ragwort is one of the five injurious plants specified under the Weeds Act of 1959. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > ragwort groundsela700 ragwortc1300 bunweeda1525 senecio1562 St. James's wort1578 rugwort1592 felon-weed1597 staggerwort1597 staverwort1597 yellow-weed1597 ragweed1610 swine's grassa1697 hogs madder1707 sea-ragwort1736 dog standard1767 Jacobaea1789 swinecress1803 benweed1823 fly-dod1826 mountain groundsel1830 cushag1843 fairies' horse1866 Oxford ragwort1884 c1300 in T. Hunt Pop. Med. 13th-cent. Eng. (1990) v. 241 Pernez..sauge, ragwort, ribwort, wodbynd .i. wethwynd, dayce, primrol. ?a1425 (?1373) Lelamour Herbal (1938) f. 67 (MED) Ragwort oþer flyfo berithe yelowe flouris like tansy and stynkith foule. c1450 Med. Recipes (BL Add. 33996) in F. Heinrich Mittelengl. Medizinbuch (1896) 205 (MED) Tak lytwort, bresewort, Rybwort, penywort..Ragwort, [etc.]. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 219 S. Iames his woort: the countrey people do call it..also Ragwoorte. 1652 N. Culpeper Eng. Physitian Enlarged 202/2 The greater common Ragwort hath many large and long dark green Leavs lying on the ground, very much rent and torn on the sides into many pieces. 1722 J. Miller Botanicum Officinale 241 The leaves of Ragwort are commended by some as good for..cleaning foul sordid Ulcers and Sores. 1779 Ld. Kames Gentleman Farmer (ed. 2) i. ix. 184 Ragwort in flower was never seen in a field pastured with sheep. Why? because that animal is excessively fond of it. 1803 J. E. Smith Eng. Bot. XVI. 1130 Senecio Jacobæa. Common Ragwort... In Yorkshire this plant is sometimes called Swine's Cresses. 1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands ii. viii. 176 In drier places, the handsome foxglove is beautifully contrasted with the golden yellow of the ragwort. 1922 G. M. Thomson Naturalisation Animals & Plants in N.Z. 512 The introduced ragwort..has become a common pest. 1949 Nature 2 July 30/2 The common ragwort (Senecio jacobœa Linn.) has been incriminated in Britain and elsewhere as the cause of fatal poisoning when eaten by livestock. 2004 P. J. Conradi Going Buddhist 168 Poisonous yellow ragwort beset the common approach-path. < as lemmas |
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