| 单词 | field pepperwort |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfield pepperwort a. Originally: dittander, Lepidium latifolium, a plant of the family Brassicaceae ( Cruciferae) formerly gathered and sometimes cultivated for its pungent leaves and root (later more fully broad-leaved pepperwort). In later use (chiefly with distinguishing word): any of various small plants constituting the genus Lepidium, which have dense racemes of small white-petalled (or sometimes apetalous) flowers and a hot pungent taste; esp. (more fully field pepperwort) L. campestre, a Eurasian plant of arable fields and banks.In quot. a1500 perhaps: dittany of Crete, Origanum dictamnus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Cruciferae (crucifers) > [noun] > cress cressa700 pepperworta1500 dittany1548 sciatica cress1562 way-cresses1562 churl's cress1578 churl's mustard1578 dittander1578 cockweed1585 colt1585 green mustard1597 peasant's mustard1597 sciatica grass1597 scar-wort1657 yellow-seed1818 money tree1934 a1500 in T. Hunt Plant Names Medieval Eng. (1989) 101 [Diptannus] peperwort. 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 34v Lepidium is called in Englishe Dittani, but foulishly and vnlearnedly; in Duche Pfefferkraut that is peperwurt. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 541 The hearbe called Narde or Pepper-wort..will presently help any beast which is bitten by the Shrewe. 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) ii. vii. 242 The Germans call it, Pfefferkraut: the lowe Dutch men, Pepper cruyt: the English men, Dittander, Dittany, and Pepperwort. 1724 J. J. Dillenius J. Ray's Synopsis Methodica Plantarum Britannicarum (ed. 3) 304 Lepidium latifolium... Dittander, Pepperwort... Near the Hythe at Colchester. 1790 Encycl. Brit. IX. 791/1 Lepidium, Dittander, or Pepperwort... The whole plant has a hot biting taste like pepper. 1800 J. E. Smith Flora Britannica II. 682 Lepidium ruderale... Narrow-leaved Pepper-wort. 1858 A. Irvine Illustr. Handbk. Brit. Plants 715 L. latifolium, Linn. Broad-leaved Pepperwort... Shady moist places near the sea. 1892 C. F. Millspaugh Medicinal Plants 23-2 The Buenos Ayres Pepperwort (Lepidium Bonariense, D.C.), used in Brazil much as arnica is among the laity here. 1924 W. H. Fitch et al. Illustr. Brit. Flora (ed. 5) 26 Lepidium campestre Br. Pepperwort. 1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 56 The Germans, he [sc. Turner] added, called it Pfefferkrau, and ‘Pepperwort’ it became. The name ‘Dittany’ refused to disappear, though gradually it was replaced by the form ‘Dittander’. 1987 B.S.B.I. News Apr. 20 Alien pepperworts. G. M. S. Easy's illustration..depicts Pepperworts collected by the artist from huge populations..in abandoned railway marshalling yards. < as lemmas |
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