dragon-rootn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dragon n.¹, root n.¹

Etymology: < dragon n.¹ + root n.¹ With sense 1 compare earlier dragon n.¹ 14, dragons n., and dragonwort n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdragon-root.

†1. The root of dragonwort or dragons. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > purgative > plant-derived

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1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. iv. ii. ii. 453 These are very gentle [purgers], alypus, dragon root, centaury, ditany.

2. In U.S. applied to the tuberous roots of various species of Arisæma; also to the plants themselves.

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1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. at Arisæma The Dragon-root, or Indian turnip of America, is the tuber of A. atrorubens, which furnishes a kind of starch.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 427 Dragon Root, Arisæma atrorubens; also..Arisæma Dracontium.

1889 Chambers's Encycl. (at cited word) Dragon-root..of which the acrid tuber is applied to various uses in domestic medicine.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dragon-root
释义	dragon-rootn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dragon n.¹, root n.¹ Etymology: < dragon n.¹ + root n.¹ With sense 1 compare earlier dragon n.¹ 14, dragons n., and dragonwort n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdragon-root. †1. The root of dragonwort or dragons. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > purgative > plant-derived scammonyc1000 lign-aloesc1374 hiera picra1379 rhubarbc1390 aloea1398 cassia fistulaa1398 coloquintidaa1398 senec1400 turpethc1400 coloquintc1420 diagrydium1436 lignum aloes1525 rhabarbarum1533 xylaloes1540 manna1541 scilla1548 hyera?1550 emblic1555 diasenna1562 colocynth1565 tragonce1575 pinyon1577 mechoacan1587 lignum aquilae1600 gamboge1615 dragon-root1621 helleborism1621 diaprune1625 alhandal1630 makinboy1652 luskard1653 diagrydiate1657 physic nut1657 aloetic1661 scammoniate1665 jalap1675 aloedary1683 coloquinto1683 Briançon manna1688 liquorice powder1712 coloquintid1732 castor oil1746 senna-tea1752 higry pigry1773 Turkey rhubarb1789 argel1803 hickery-pickery1816 cathartin1823 aloin1828 croton oil1829 jalapin1832 syrmaea1833 bryonin1836 gambogic acid1837 Podophyllum1844 podophyllin1851 geropiga1852 hicra picra1857 Montpellier turpeth1860 picra1860 tallicoona oil1866 scammonin1868 pharbitisin1873 cascara sagrada1879 senna-draught1879 tambor-oil1890 syrup of figs1897 pharbitin1899 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. iv. ii. ii. 453 These are very gentle [purgers], alypus, dragon root, centaury, ditany. 2. In U.S. applied to the tuberous roots of various species of Arisæma; also to the plants themselves. ΚΠ 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. at Arisæma The Dragon-root, or Indian turnip of America, is the tuber of A. atrorubens, which furnishes a kind of starch. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 427 Dragon Root, Arisæma atrorubens; also..Arisæma Dracontium. 1889 Chambers's Encycl. (at cited word) Dragon-root..of which the acrid tuber is applied to various uses in domestic medicine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1621
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