单词 | allgood |
释义 | allgoodn. Now chiefly historical. The perennial goosefoot, Chenopodium bonus-henricus (family Chenopodiaceae (or Amaranthaceae)), which has edible leaves and shoots and was formerly used as a vegetable and for medicinal purposes; also called Good King Henry, English mercury. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > herb > [noun] > mercury mercuryc1450 allgood1578 good Henry1578 good King Henry1640 mercury goosefoot1853 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > culinary herbs > allgood mercuriala1300 smear-dockc1325 papwort?a1425 mercuryc1450 allgood1578 good Henry1578 smear-docken1775 mercury goosefoot1853 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 560 Algood [Du. goeden heyndrick] groweth..about wayes and pathes and by hedges. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xii. 80 Take the leaues of plantaine..mallowes, all-good. 1694 J. Pechey Compl. Herbal 127/2 Common English Mercury, or All-good. 1777 S. Robson Brit. Flora 10 Of leaves... Triangular, surrounded by three prominent angles, as in Allgood. 1796 C. Vial de Sainbel Sportsman, Farrier & Shoeing-smiths New Guide 167 Boil in six quarts of rain, river, or any soft water..the following herbs;..all-good, or English mercury, and sorrel. 1853 Notes & Queries 1st Ser. 8 36/1 It is also called All-good, forasmuch as it is useful, not only for its medicinal qualities, but also in supplying the table with a substitute for other vegetables, such as asparagus. 1895 W. T. Fernie Herbal Simples 148 It is further known as English Marquery, or Mercury, and Allgood, the latter from a conceit of the rustics that it will cure all hurts. 1903 Naturalist Sept. 363 ‘Good King Harry’, ‘All-good’, or ‘Oak-leaved Goosefoot’ is another useful plant that I often met with on this roadside. 1948 G. D. H. Bell Cultivated Plants Farm xvi. 153 All-good, or good-king-Henry, is an example of a wild plant of our countryside. 2008 S. Gilbar Chicken à la King 53 The leaves [of C. bonus-henricus] can be cooked as a pot herb, and the seeds are healthful, which is probably the reason it was also called ‘allgood’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > see alsoalso refers to : all-goodadj. < n.1578 see also |
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