| 单词 | field madder |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfield madder field madder n. †(a) rosemary, Rosmarinus officinalis (see note) (obsolete); (b) a cornfield weed, Sherardia arvensis, of the madder family ( Rubiaceae), which is native to Europe, North Africa, and parts of Asia, and has small lilac flowers and bristly leaves arranged in whorls.In sense (a) only in apparently erroneous Old English and Middle English glosses of Latin ros marinus, rosmarinum rosemary, which, unlike Sherardia arvensis, is not used as a dye plant; no satisfactory explanation has been found for the apparent error. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Rubiaceae or Galiaceae (bedstraw, etc.) > [noun] wild madderc1450 crudwort15.. Our Lady bedstraw1527 Our Lady's bedstraw1543 galion1548 maidenhair1548 purple goose-grass1548 cheese renning1578 crosswort1578 golden mugget1578 petty mugget1578 lady's bedstraw1585 maid's hair1597 cheese rennet1599 runnet1678 field madder1684 mugweed1690 rondeletia1739 Richardia1755 petty madder1760 madderlen1770 galium1785 Sherardia1785 joint-grass1790 mugwort1796 bluet1818 bedstraw1820 madderwort1845 hundredfold1853 honeywort1863 OE Brussels Gloss. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 300 Rosmarinum, feldmædere. lOE Durham Plant Gloss. 17 Rosmarinum, sundeav uel bothen uel feldmedere. a1500 Agnus Castus (Laud) (1950) 201 (MED) Ros marinus is an herbe þat me clepuþ rosmarine or feld madere. 1684 R. Sibbald Scotl. Illustr. ii. i. 46 Small creeping Field-Madder. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 185 Sherardia arvensis... Little Field Madder. Little Spur-wort. 1894 Times 21 May 12/1 Amongst other weeds of arable land..are the little field madder and the tall-growing corn gromwell. 1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 340/1 A low, bristly annual of disturbed and cultivated ground on chalky soils, field madder has clusters of small flowers ranging from pale pink to mauve. < as lemmas |
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