单词 | avens |
释义 | avensn. Herbalism. Popular name of two species of the genus Geum (family Rosaceæ), the Wood Avens or Herb Bennet ( G. urbanum), formerly used medicinally and to give a clove-like flavour to ale, and Water Avens ( G. rivale); also applied to the subalpine Mountain Avens ( Dryas octopetala). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > rosaceous plants > [noun] > avens or herb bennet avensc1250 herb benneta1475 geum1548 mountain avens1648 throat root1785 dryas1798 clove-root1866 c1250 in Wright Voc. (W.) /555 Avencia, avence, harefot. a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 42 Rede nettel crop, and avans also. a1500 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 53 Tak avaunce, matfelon, yarow. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 133 The leaues of Sanamunda, Auens, or Herbe Bennet, are rough. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. xxviii. 236 Costmarie and Auens..haue the taste of pepper and cloues. 1858 C. Kingsley Chalk-stream Stud. in Misc. (1860) I. 176 The avens—fairest and most modest of all the water-side nymphs..with a soft blush upon her tawny cheek. 1863 S. Baring-Gould Iceland 190 The pale mountain avens with its sunny heart. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.c1250 |
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