单词 | costus root |
释义 | > as lemmascostus root In full costus root: the fragrant root of the thistle Saussurea costus (family Asteraceae ( Compositae)), native to South Asia (esp. Kashmir and the Himalayas), used in perfumery and (formerly) as a medicinal agent, often in the form of an essential oil. Also: the plant itself. Cf. putchuk n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > fragrant plants or plants used in perfumery > [noun] > roots cost?a1200 costusc1487 orris root1598 putchuk1617 iris-root1673 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > herb > [noun] > costmary costeOE costmary?a1425 costusc1487 c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iii. 209 The haue also there among ther gummes and allectuaries, as the rote of an erbe that called is costus. 1555 R. Eden Disc. Vyages Butrigarius & Cabote in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 249v Marchandies wherof custome shuld bee payde in the redde sea..are these folowynge: Cinamome. Longe pepper. Whyte pepper. Cloues. Costus. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 376 Take of the roote called Costus two ounces. 1671 J. Sharp Midwives Bk. vi. xxxv. 416 The child must drink little, anoint the region of the bladder outwardly with oil of Costus..and other like driers. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 32 There are two sorts of this Costus, the sweet and the bitter. 1736 Quincy's Pharmacopœia Officinalis (ed. 10) iii. ix. 510/2 Take of the Bitter Costus Root, 2 ounces. 1753 W. Lewis New Dispensatory 119/1 Costus is said to attenuate viscid humours, to promote expectoration, perspiration, and urine. 1821 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs (ed. 2) ii. 70 Costus. There are two sorts of this article, the sweet and the bitter, the sweet is a small root very like..to the Turmerick. 1859 Charleston (S. Carolina) Mercury 24 June The poorer classes use a bitter powder, a principal ingredient of which is the costus, a plant brought by the Dutch from Surat. 1922 W. Schlich Man. Forestry (ed. 4) I. 133 Saussurea Lappa yields the valuable costus oil. 1992 N. Groom Perfume Handbk. 59 In western perfumery the fragrance of costus oil is now largely replaced by synthetics. 2002 Plant Physiol. 129 257/2 Germacrene acid was only very recently isolated from fresh costus roots. < as lemmas |
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