单词 | ground-ivy |
释义 | ground-ivyn. 1. (a) The herb ale-hoof, Nepeta glechoma or Glechoma hederacea, a common labiate plant having bluish-purple flowers and kidney-shaped leaves. †(b) The periwinkle, Vinca minor. Obsolete. rare.These plants have no obvious resemblance to ivy, but were classed by the older botanists as hedera on account of their creeping stems. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > [noun] > ground-ivy hovec1000 tunhoofc1000 earth ivyOE hayhovec1325 alehoofa1400 mead-rattlea1400 ground-ivyc1400 yardhovec1430 cat's-foot1597 maidenhair1657 maidenhair berry1794 maidener1938 c1350 Med. MS. 864 in Archæol. XXX. 376 Parwynke..Men calle it þe juy of grownde. Anoþer erbe is callyd soo, Þt we callyn tun-hoo.] c1400 in Henslow Med. Wks. 14th C. (1899) 42 Take grounde-suylie and groundyuy and weybrede and stampe hem to-gedre. c1450 Middle Eng. Med. Bk. (Heinrich) 200 Ȝyf þou mow not haue alle þese erbes, tak ground yuy alone. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. 389 Grounde Iuye hath many square tender stalkes growing foorth from a roote full of threddes. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 705 Hedera terrestris..in English ground Iuie, Alehoof [etc.]. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. xlii. 269 Ground-iuie groweth likewise in a moist and shadowed place. 1676 J. Beal in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 587 Ale-hoof, or Ground-Ivy, famous for dispatching the maturation of Ale and Beer. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 31 It runs upon the Ground, after the manner of Ground-Ivy. 1845 J. Lindley School Bot. (1862) 96 N[epeta] Glechoma (Ground Ivy)... A popular country remedy for colds. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental vine > [noun] > ivy ivya800 woodbinec875 ivy-tree1382 ivy-tod1579 ground-ivy1597 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 708 Creeping or barren Iuie is called..in English ground Iuie. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > [noun] > bugle plant or bloom thunder-cloverc1000 buglea1300 wood-browna1300 prunella1527 ground-pine1551 consound1578 field cypress1578 forget-me-not1578 middle comfrey1578 prunel1578 ajuga1640 ground-ivy1640 bugle-bloom1818 bugleweed1841 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 284 It [Chamæpitys] is called in English Ground Pine, and Ground Ivie after the Latine word Iva. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.c1400 |
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