alstonian.

Brit.

/alˈstəʊnɪə/, U.S.

/ælˈstoʊniə/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Alstonia.

Etymology: In sense 1 < scientific Latin Alstonia, genus name (J. C. Mutis, in C. Linnaeus filius Supplementum Plantarum Systematis Vegetabilium (1781) 39) < the name of Charles Alston (1685–1760), Scottish botanist and physician + scientific Latin -ia -ia suffix¹. In sense 2 < scientific Latin Alstonia, genus name (R. Brown 1809, in Mem. Wernerian Nat. Hist. Soc. (1811) 1 75), an independent formation from the same elements.

†1. The plant Symplocos theiformis (formerly Alstonia theiformis) (family Symplocaceae) of Central and South America, used as a substitute for tea. Obsolete.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > tea-plant > [noun] > types of

herb of Paraguay1672

Indian tea1709

Algerian tea1728

Appalachian tea1728

Arabian tea1728

Canary tea1728

golden rod tea1728

Malay tea1728

Paraguay1728

South Sea tea1728

monarda1752

Oswego tea1752

Paraguay tea1760

Labrador tea1767

maté1768

marsh rosemary1777

blue mountain tea1785

alstonia1806

Ceylon tea1814

Canada tea1817

yerba-maté1818

honey bush1840

Wild Bergamot1843

Hottentot tea1850

kaffir tea1850

khat1858

Brazil tea1866

Mexican tea1866

St. Helena tea1875

rooibos1915

redbush1946

Hudson's Bay tea1948

bergamot1958

1806 B. M'Mahon Amer. Gardener's Cal. 627 Alstonia theæformis. Tea-leaved Alstonia.

1834 H. Murray et al. Encycl. Geogr. iv. iii. 1404 The Alstonia, whose dried leaves form a wholesome tea,..form scattered groups.

1852 G. W. Johnson Cottage Gardeners' Dict. 28/1 The leaves of alstonia are slightly astringent, and are used as tea.

2. Any plant of the genus Alstonia (family Apocynaceae), comprising trees and shrubs with milky sap found in most tropical areas, esp. Asia and Australasia, some of which yield a soft, light timber; the wood itself. Also (in form Alstonia): the genus itself. Cf. devil tree n. at devil n. Compounds 2.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > Asian

mahua1610

jambee1704

hinoki1727

sugi1727

meranti1783

merbau1783

sal1789

sundri1799

calamander1804

sissoo1810

toon1810

looking-glass tree1822

East India mahogany1829

pyinkado1832

dhamnoo1834

haldu1836

jelutong1836

zelkova1836

cryptomeria1838

kempas1839

shisham1849

jarul1850

Japan cedar1852

mast tree1862

keyaki1863

petwood1866

alstonia1867

Malacca cane1874

Japanese cedar1880

mowra1883

seraya1893

o-matsu1916

dhaman1923

sepetir1927

kapur1935

mengkulang1940

ramin1953

1867 Q. Jrnl. Sci. July 388 Another species of Alstonia, which is of considerable use dietetically, is the A. constricta. It is the Bitter Bark-tree of the colonists.

1903 tr. F. Clouth Rubber, Gutta-percha & Balata 37 The Alstonias are handsome trees with alternate leaves; they are native to the Asiatic and Australian tropics.

1950 C. R. Metcalfe & L. Chalk Anat. of Dicotyledons II. 916 It is, however, difficult to obtain long lengths of..Alstonia free from the ‘latex traces’ described above.

1980 T. H. Everett N.Y. Bot. Garden Illustr. Encycl. Hort. I. 129 Alstonias are evergreen or deciduous and have milky sap and undivided leaves.

2007 E. Asouti & D. Q. Fuller Trees & Woodlands South India vi. 93/2 The rare Alstonia is found in moist and dry deciduous forests.

3. Any of various medicinal preparations made from the bark or latex of plants of the genus Alstonia, esp. the tree A. scholaris of South and South East Asia, and the Australian shrub A. constricta.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > general plant-derived medicines

savineOE

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agnus castusa1398

sebestenc1400

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valencec1425

aconitum?a1450

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solanum1578

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phytolacca1730

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Jesuits' drops1783

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sacred elixir1797

drosera1801

Spanish juice1803

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parillin1825

mudarin1829

salicin1830

sang1843

peppermint camphor1854

pareira1855

savanilla1856

euonymin1862

menthol1862

phytolaccin1864

alstonia1868

agoniadin1870

guimauve1870

gelsemium1875

iridin1879

hazeline1880

tub-camphor1880

echinacea1887

jacaranda1887

hamamelin1890

quillain1890

vieirin1893

thiolin1894

mentha camphor1902

hamamelis1910

phytohaemagglutinin1949

adaptogen1966

1868 E. J. Waring et al. Pharmacopœia India 137 Tincture of Alstonia (Tinctura Alstoniæ). Take of Alstonia Bark, bruised, two ounces and a half; Proof Spirit, one pint.

1880 Toledo Med. & Surg. Jrnl. Sept. 324 Alstonia is but an inferior analogue of calisaya, although recently a drug house in Cincinnati demanded an extravagant price for it, on account of its rarity and value.

1908 Med. Brief Aug. 432 Dropsical conditions that occasionally follow typhoid fever are prevented where alstonia is used.

1931 M. Grieve Mod. Herbal I. 29/1 Infusion of Alstonia, 5 parts to 100 parts water. Dose, 1 fluid ounce.

1999 PDR Family Guide Nat. Medicines & Healing Therapies (2000) 263/2 Side effects are a slight possibility, due primarily to Alstonia's reserpine content.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alstonia
释义	alstonian. Brit. /alˈstəʊnɪə/, U.S. /ælˈstoʊniə/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Alstonia. Etymology: In sense 1 < scientific Latin Alstonia, genus name (J. C. Mutis, in C. Linnaeus filius Supplementum Plantarum Systematis Vegetabilium (1781) 39) < the name of Charles Alston (1685–1760), Scottish botanist and physician + scientific Latin -ia -ia suffix¹. In sense 2 < scientific Latin Alstonia, genus name (R. Brown 1809, in Mem. Wernerian Nat. Hist. Soc. (1811) 1 75), an independent formation from the same elements. †1. The plant Symplocos theiformis (formerly Alstonia theiformis) (family Symplocaceae) of Central and South America, used as a substitute for tea. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > tea-plant > [noun] > types of herb of Paraguay1672 Indian tea1709 Algerian tea1728 Appalachian tea1728 Arabian tea1728 Canary tea1728 golden rod tea1728 Malay tea1728 Paraguay1728 South Sea tea1728 monarda1752 Oswego tea1752 Paraguay tea1760 Labrador tea1767 maté1768 marsh rosemary1777 blue mountain tea1785 alstonia1806 Ceylon tea1814 Canada tea1817 yerba-maté1818 honey bush1840 Wild Bergamot1843 Hottentot tea1850 kaffir tea1850 khat1858 Brazil tea1866 Mexican tea1866 St. Helena tea1875 rooibos1915 redbush1946 Hudson's Bay tea1948 bergamot1958 1806 B. M'Mahon Amer. Gardener's Cal. 627 Alstonia theæformis. Tea-leaved Alstonia. 1834 H. Murray et al. Encycl. Geogr. iv. iii. 1404 The Alstonia, whose dried leaves form a wholesome tea,..form scattered groups. 1852 G. W. Johnson Cottage Gardeners' Dict. 28/1 The leaves of alstonia are slightly astringent, and are used as tea. 2. Any plant of the genus Alstonia (family Apocynaceae), comprising trees and shrubs with milky sap found in most tropical areas, esp. Asia and Australasia, some of which yield a soft, light timber; the wood itself. Also (in form Alstonia): the genus itself. Cf. devil tree n. at devil n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > Asian mahua1610 jambee1704 hinoki1727 sugi1727 meranti1783 merbau1783 sal1789 sundri1799 calamander1804 sissoo1810 toon1810 looking-glass tree1822 East India mahogany1829 pyinkado1832 dhamnoo1834 haldu1836 jelutong1836 zelkova1836 cryptomeria1838 kempas1839 shisham1849 jarul1850 Japan cedar1852 mast tree1862 keyaki1863 petwood1866 alstonia1867 Malacca cane1874 Japanese cedar1880 mowra1883 seraya1893 o-matsu1916 dhaman1923 sepetir1927 kapur1935 mengkulang1940 ramin1953 1867 Q. Jrnl. Sci. July 388 Another species of Alstonia, which is of considerable use dietetically, is the A. constricta. It is the Bitter Bark-tree of the colonists. 1903 tr. F. Clouth Rubber, Gutta-percha & Balata 37 The Alstonias are handsome trees with alternate leaves; they are native to the Asiatic and Australian tropics. 1950 C. R. Metcalfe & L. Chalk Anat. of Dicotyledons II. 916 It is, however, difficult to obtain long lengths of..Alstonia free from the ‘latex traces’ described above. 1980 T. H. Everett N.Y. Bot. Garden Illustr. Encycl. Hort. I. 129 Alstonias are evergreen or deciduous and have milky sap and undivided leaves. 2007 E. Asouti & D. Q. Fuller Trees & Woodlands South India vi. 93/2 The rare Alstonia is found in moist and dry deciduous forests. 3. Any of various medicinal preparations made from the bark or latex of plants of the genus Alstonia, esp. the tree A. scholaris of South and South East Asia, and the Australian shrub A. constricta. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > general plant-derived medicines savineOE liquoricec1275 verjuice1302 sandragon1334 sugar roset1363 acaciaa1398 agnus castusa1398 sebestenc1400 socotrine aloesa1425 tapsimelc1425 valencec1425 aconitum?a1450 hypericum1471 cassia1543 guaiacum1553 guaiac1558 butcher's broom1578 solanum1578 liquorice-stick1580 symphonia1597 tabasheer1598 diascord1605 orange-bead1626 oxymel of squills1654 Japonic earth1673 terebinthina1693 terebinthinate1696 pareira brava1698 rhabarbarate1716 Japan earth1718 buglossate1725 squill1725 phytolacca1730 nettle juice1747 xanthoxyloïn1767 mustard whey1769 Jesuits' drops1783 digitalis1785 arnica1788 mel-rose1790 gallic acid1791 valerian1794 sacred elixir1797 drosera1801 Spanish juice1803 mudar1819 sabadilla1821 parillin1825 mudarin1829 salicin1830 sang1843 peppermint camphor1854 pareira1855 savanilla1856 euonymin1862 menthol1862 phytolaccin1864 alstonia1868 agoniadin1870 guimauve1870 gelsemium1875 iridin1879 hazeline1880 tub-camphor1880 echinacea1887 jacaranda1887 hamamelin1890 quillain1890 vieirin1893 thiolin1894 mentha camphor1902 hamamelis1910 phytohaemagglutinin1949 adaptogen1966 1868 E. J. Waring et al. Pharmacopœia India 137 Tincture of Alstonia (Tinctura Alstoniæ). Take of Alstonia Bark, bruised, two ounces and a half; Proof Spirit, one pint. 1880 Toledo Med. & Surg. Jrnl. Sept. 324 Alstonia is but an inferior analogue of calisaya, although recently a drug house in Cincinnati demanded an extravagant price for it, on account of its rarity and value. 1908 Med. Brief Aug. 432 Dropsical conditions that occasionally follow typhoid fever are prevented where alstonia is used. 1931 M. Grieve Mod. Herbal I. 29/1 Infusion of Alstonia, 5 parts to 100 parts water. Dose, 1 fluid ounce. 1999 PDR Family Guide Nat. Medicines & Healing Therapies (2000) 263/2 Side effects are a slight possibility, due primarily to Alstonia's reserpine content. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1806
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