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单词 anthos
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anthosn.

Forms: late Middle English–1900s anthos, 1800s–1900s anthoss.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin anthos.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin anthos rosemary (from 13th cent. in British sources), flower (from 14th cent. in British sources) < ancient Greek ἄνθος flower, probably < the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit andhas shoot of the soma plant, juice of this plant. Compare Middle French, French anthos (c1350; 13th cent. in an isolated attestation in Old French as antos).Various other Indo-European cognates of the Greek word have been suggested, but they are all very uncertain.
Obsolete.
The flower or flowers of rosemary ( Rosmarinus officinalis); (also) the plant itself.
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?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 197v, in Middle Eng. Dict. at Ros-marine Rosmaryn, his floure is clepid anthos, and þer off is maad dyanthos an electuare.
1526 Grete Herball ccclxx. sig. U.v/2 The floure of rosmary is called anthos, & of it an electuary is named dyanthos.
1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke i. xxviii. 37 Conserues of Borage, endyue, violettes, roses, anthos,..and such like.
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Pharmaceut. Shop i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Uuu2 This is called Mel Anthosatum, becaused the flowers of Rosemary are for their dignity and præcellence called Anthos, or flowers.
1683 W. Salmon Doron Medicum i. xxvi. 297/2 Nor is it to be conceived that the Powers of Anthos, are hotter than the Powers of Lavender.
1702 Aristotle's Master-piece (new ed.) ii. xiv. 157 Take of Conserve of Borrage, Bugloss, Anthos, of each half an ounce.
1837 J. Blunt Shipmaster's Assistant 1837 Oil of ambergris, anthos or rosemary.
1880 R. V. Tuson Cooley's Cycl. Pract. Receipts (ed. 6) II. 1547/2 Pure neroli and essence of the seeds of anthos.
1903 Chambers's Jrnl. 6 301/2 According to their value per unit, the chief materials used in general perfumery come in the following order:..lemon oil, fennel oil, rosemary or anthoss oil, [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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