| 单词 | fire-leaves |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfire-leaves fire-leaves n. †(a) a plant of the southern United States (not identified) with yellow flowers and poisonous green berries (obsolete rare); (b) British regional a plantain, esp. the hoary plantain, Plantago media (now rare); †(c) British regional devil's bit scabious, Succisa pratensis (obsolete). [In senses (b) and (c) with allusion to the belief that these plants, being slow to dry, may induce fermentation causing spontaneous combustion in newly stored hay.] ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Plantaginaceae > [noun] waybreadeOE ribeOE psylliumOE waybread leafOE plantaina1325 herb Ivec1386 ersworta1400 psyllya1425 flea-seed1562 buck's-horn plantain1578 fleabane1578 hartshorn1578 lamb's tongue1578 rose plantain1597 rose ribwort1597 globularia1728 fire-leaves1796 ribwort1846 hoary plantain1861 goatweed1864 hartshorn plantain- the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Dipsacaceae (teasel and allies) > [noun] > scabious or devil's bit scabiousc1400 devil's-bit1526 fore-bit1597 forebitten more1597 gypsy flower1620 widow flower1789 fire-leaves1796 mourning bride1811 gypsy rose1830 mournful widow1846 starhead1852 1796 B. Hawkins Let. 21 Dec. (1916) 46 There is a plant in bloom called by the whites wolfs tongue or fire leaves. 1860 Gardeners' Chron. 11 Aug. 738 Fire-leaves. In Gloucestershire the name is given to the leaves of Plantains; and we have heard it in Herefordshire used for the Scabiosa succisa (Devil's bit). 1883 J. Smith Domest. Bot. (new ed.) 299 P[lantago] media..often causes haystacks to take fire, on which account it is called by the farmers fire leaves. 1932 Special Crops Jan. 63/1 P. media, found in Europe, is also known as Fire-weed, Fire-leaves, and Lamb's Lettuce. < as lemmas |
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