| 单词 | hardhay |
| 释义 | > as lemmashardhay hardhay n. any of several Eurasian St John's worts having somewhat hard stalks, esp. St Peter's wort, Hypericum tetrapterum, of damp habitats (now rare) and perforate St John's wort, H. perforatum, of dry grasslands. [Perhaps after early modern Dutch harthoy perforate St John's wort (1554 in Dodoens, or earlier; Dutch hertshooi , with remodelling of the first element by association with hert hart n.). Compare German Hartheu (1561 as †harthöuw).] ΚΠ 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 434 S. Peters woort, Square or great S. Iohns grasse: and of some Hardhay. 1665 R. Lovell Παμβοτανολογια (ed. 2) 190 Hard-hay, see S. Peters-wort. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 569/2 Hardhay. Hypericum quadrangulare. 1933 H. Laurens Physiol. Effects Radiant Energy xiv. 509 White sheep that have eaten Hypericum crispum (the crisp or cured Hard Hay) grown in boggy soil, become very sick. 1998 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 16 Nov. (Health & Fitness section) 33 The scientific name for St.-John's-wort is Hypericum Perforatum, for example, but it is also called Hardhay, Amber, Goatweed and Tipton Weed. 2009 N. Arrowsmith Essent. Herbal Wisdom 267 The herb [sc. Hypericum perforatum] is still called hardhay, penny John, rosin rose, tough-and-heal, cammock, amber, and balm of the warrior's wound. < as lemmas |
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