单词 | alisma |
释义 | alisman. In early use: any of several plants used medicinally. In later use (spec.): any of various plants which constitute, or were formerly included in, the genus Alisma (family Alismataceae) of aquatic and marshland plants, widespread across north temperate regions; esp. water plantain, A. plantago-aquatica, with broad leaves and loose clusters of small white three-petalled flowers, common in ponds and ditches.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species plantarum (1753) I. 342. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > water-plantain water plantain1538 alisma1575 sea-plantain1578 thrumwort1829 alismad1846 1575 J. Banister Needefull Treat. Chyrurg. sig. R.v Abstersiues haue power to mundifie, and wype awaye grosse humors, and to clense the pores. viz...Alisma. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. xiii. 333 Some men also take the herbe Alisma or Saponaria for a kinde of Cruciata, it hath rounde stalkes with ioyntes or knottes. 1736 N. Bailey Dict. Domesticum Alisma, a plant growing in mountainous places, is sudorifick, and dissolves coagulated blood. 1777 S. Robson Brit. Flora 195 Starry Alisma has six pericarpies. 1827 T. Nuttall Introd. Systematic & Physiol. Bot. xvii. 93 The Alismas are aquatic plants, with nerved, ovate, or partly heart-shaped leaves, bearing perfect small flowers. 1879 Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener & Home Farmer 13 Nov. 384/1 The Alisma is not the only wild flower which adds grace and even dignity to our roadside pools. 1908 R. J. Farrer Alpines & Bog-plants xiii. 271 Then come the Alismas, of which our common native, Alisma plantago, is a most decorative plant, with big handsome leaves like a horseradish. 1957 Amer. Midland Naturalist 58 470 The published descriptions of species of Alisma, after obvious synonyms are removed, total thirty-six. 2008 G. Speichert & S. Speichert Water Garden Plants 77/1 The most commonly available Alisma, this robust water plant flowers well. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1575 |
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