单词 | head betony |
释义 | > as lemmashead betony head betony n. North American (now rare) either of two plants used medicinally, the common Eurasian betony, Stachys officinalis, and a North American lousewort, Pedicularis canadensis; = wood betony n. at wood n.1 Compounds 2c(b). ΚΠ 1785 Mem. Amer. Acad. Sci. 1 460 Head Betony. The middle segment of the lower lip of the blossom is toothed. Blossoms purple. 1824 J. Monroe Amer. Botanist & Family Physician 46 Head-Betony. The plant is corroborant and errhine. The roots are emetic and cathartic. 1921 Amer. Botanist 28 65 ‘Head Betony’ is a variation of the name which might indicate that the lousiness was not always confined to cattle though it probably refers to the heads of flowers. 1972 Phytologia 22 375 Head-Betony—Flower without upper lip but with a long lower lip, the style and stamens long protruding and nearly erect. < as lemmas |
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