单词 | ambrose |
释义 | ambrosen. 1. Any of several European plants used in herbalism; esp. wood sage, Teucrium scorodonia, and sticky goosefoot, Dysphania botrys. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > [noun] > germander plants hindheala1300 ambrosea1350 wild sagea1400 germander?a1425 tetterwosea1500 English treacle1548 garlic-germander1548 scordium1548 wood-sage1571 garlic-sage1597 horse-chire1597 tree germander1597 mountain sage1659 marum1666 teucrium1673 mastic plant1718 thorny germander1822 bitter sage1865 a1350 in T. Hunt Plant Names Medieval Eng. (1989) 20 [Ambrosia] ambrose. a1400 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 55 (MED) Tak..ambrose. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 11 Ambrose herbe, ambrosia, salgia silvestris. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 253 It is called in English woodde Sage, wild Sage, and Ambros. 1655 Natura Exenterata 99 Take Ambrose, Saxifrage, Parsley, with the rootes of wild tansey and water cresses. 1853 Notes & Queries 1st Ser. 8 36/2 Herb Ambrose has a Greek origin, and is not indebted to the saint of that name. 1908 Gardeners' Chron. 5 Dec. 387/2 It is by no means wonderful to find in Teucrium Scorodonia the wild sage of mediæval England. On account of its scent it was very usually named Ambrose, from Ambrosiana. 1989 C. Erichsen-Brown Medicinal & Other Uses N. Amer. Plants 415 Chenopodium botrys... Common names. Feather Geranium, hindheal, ambrose. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food otherwise characterized > [noun] > food of the gods ambrosieOE ambrosia1509 ambrosec1600 amrita1784 c1600 A. Montgomerie Poems (2000) I. 105 Of Titans harp sith thou intones the strings Of Ambrose and of Nectar so thou feeds. 1624 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) iii. ii. ii. iv. 384 Ambrose it selfe was not sweeter. 1687 T. Beverley Expos. Song of Songs v. 46 As sweetest Ambrose [glossed The sweetest of Foods], so His Mouth doth flow With Truth, Heavens Eloquence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1350 |
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