请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 helleboraster
释义

helleborastern.

Brit. /ˌhɛlᵻbəˈrastə(r)/, U.S. /ˌhɛləbəˈræstər/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin helleboraster.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin helleboraster (1576) < classical Latin helleborus hellebore n. + -aster -aster suffix.
Now historical and rare.
The stinking hellebore, Helleborus foetidus.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Liliaceae family or plants > [noun] > hellebore > bear's foot
settergrassa1400
bear's foot1551
setterwort1551
lousewort1578
lousy grass1597
oxheal1597
helleboraster1656
1656 R. Boyle Corr. 19 Mar. (2001) I. 201 The Helleboraster you mention, is a Plant, that I have had occasion to take notice of.
1690 J. Locke 2nd Let. Toleration 35 But your Remedy is like the Helleboraster, that grew in the Woman's Garden, for the cure of Worms in her Neighbours Children: For truly it wrought too roughly, to give it to any of her own.
1759 Philos. Trans. 1758 (Royal Soc.) 50 838 Of the former kind are the leaves and juice of helleboraster.
1790 Edinb. New Dispensatory (new ed.) ii. 198/2 Where the helleboraster is to be employed, this form is perhaps the best.
1829 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 3) I. 372 The hellebores, helleboraster, and cevadilla,..are pungent bitters united with a strong cathartic power, and are hence very active vermifuges.
1859 A. S. Taylor On Poisons (ed. 2) 508 Another species, Helleborus fœtidus,..is known under the name of Bear's foot, Setter-wort, or Helleboraster.
1908 N. Moore Hist. Study Med. Brit. Isles ii. 73 He [sc. Edward Browne] paid at the same time some attention to botany, noting the flowering Aconitum hyemale and Helleboraster, and gathered many seaside plants.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1656
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/3/22 11:30:19