单词 | asarabacca |
释义 | asarabaccan. Herbalism. The plant Asarum europaeum, sometimes called hazelwort, used formerly as a purgative and emetic and as an ingredient of snuff. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > asarabacca hazelwortlOE foalfoot1538 asarabacca1551 cabaret1574 1551 W. Turner Herball (1568) i. 48 Of Follfoote or Asarabacca. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 240 They [sc. goats] loue Tameriske, Alderne, Elme-tree, assarabacke. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. iv. ii. i. 450 Laurell and Asrabecca..[are] two knowne vomits. 1736 Compl. Family-piece i. i. 8 Such Things as cause Sneezing, as..the Leaves of Assarabacca powder'd. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 98 Asarabacca..is said to be found wild in Westmoreland. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1551 |
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