单词 | cow-wheat |
释义 | cow-wheatn. Herbalism. 1. A plant, Melampyrum arvense, family Scrophulariaceæ, which grows in cornfields in the E. and S. of England, and in the Isle of Wight. Sometimes distinguished from other species as purple cow-wheat. ΚΠ 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xiv. 163 Horse floure, or Cowe wheate..hath a straight stemme. 1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 84 The seede of Cow wheate raiseth vp fumes. 2. Extended as a book-name to the other species of Melampyrum, as crested cow-wheat ( M. cristatum), meadow cow-wheat ( M. pratense), wood cow-wheat ( M. sylvaticum). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Scrophulariaceae (figwort and allies) > [noun] > cow-wheat cow-wheat1597 poverty-weed1847 melampyre1858 1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 85 Red leafed wilde Cow wheate. 1756 J. Hill Brit. Herbal 123 Cow-wheat, Melampyrum. The flower consists of a single petal, and approaches to the labiated shape. 1854 S. Thomson Wanderings among Wild Flowers (ed. 4) iii. 223 We can scarce miss the yellow corollas of the Melampyrum pratense, or common cow-wheat. Categories » 3. Locally applied to the yellow rattle, Rhinanthus Crista-galli.So in south-west Cumbria (Britten and Holland). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1578 |
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