单词 | lambs tongue |
释义 | lamb's tonguen. 1. A name given to species of plantain (tr. medieval Latin arnoglossa, Greek ἀρνόγλωσσον), and other plants. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Plantaginaceae > [noun] waybreadeOE ribeOE psylliumOE waybread leafOE plantaina1325 herb Ivec1386 ersworta1400 psyllya1425 flea-seed1562 buck's-horn plantain1578 fleabane1578 hartshorn1578 lamb's tongue1578 rose plantain1597 rose ribwort1597 globularia1728 fire-leaves1796 ribwort1846 hoary plantain1861 goatweed1864 hartshorn plantain- 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. lxiii. 92 Plantayne is called in Greeke ἀρνογλωσσος that is Lingua Agnina, Lammes tungue. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 339 So haue they [sc. the Greeks] termed a kinde of Plantaine Arnoglossa, which is..Lambes toong. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 64/2 A bunch of Plantan Leaves..some call it Lambs Tongue. 1803 Trans. Soc. Arts 21 171 A sort of weed provincially termed Lamb's Tongue (somewhat resembling the sweet gale in appearance, but not in smell). 2. A sort of plane (see quot.); also the moulding shaped by this plane. ΚΠ 1858 Skyring's Builder's Prices (ed. 48) 36 If astragal and hollow, lamb's tongue or other modern bar, add 1½d. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Lamb's-tongue, a plane with a deep, narrow bit for making quirks. Draft additions 1997 = lamb's ears n. at lamb n.1 Additions. Also lamb's tongue plant. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > names applied to various plants > [noun] heatha700 beeworteOE leversc725 springworteOE clotec1000 halswortc1000 sengreenc1000 bottle?a1200 bird's-tonguea1300 bloodworta1300 faverolea1300 vetchc1300 pimpernel1378 oniona1398 bird's nest?a1425 adder's grassc1450 cockheada1500 ambrosia1525 fleawort1548 son before the father1552 crow-toe1562 basil1578 bird's-foot1578 bloodroot1578 throatwort1578 phalangium1608 yew1653 chalcedon1664 dittany1676 bleeding heart1691 felon-wort1706 hedgehog1712 land caltrops1727 old man's beard1731 loosestrife1760 Solomon's seal1760 fireweed1764 desert rose1792 star of Bethlehem1793 hen and chickens1794 Aaron's beard1820 felon-grass1824 arrowroot1835 snake-root1856 firebush1858 tick-seed1860 bird's eye1863 burning bush1866 rat-tail1871 lamb's earsa1876 lamb's tongue plant1882 tar-weed1884 Tom Thumb1886 parrotbeak1890 stinkweed1932 1882 H. Friend Gloss. Devonshire Plant Names 33 Lamb's-tongue, Stachys lanata L. 1956 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) (ed. 2) IV. 2011/1 S[tachys] lanata. Lamb's Tongue. Whole plant densely and persistently white-woolly... Often used for summer-bedding. 1974 F. A. Boddy Ground Cover xi. 105 The lamb's-tongue plant, Stachys olympica (S. lanata), is making a name for itself as a ground coverer. 1987 Woman & Home July 16/3 From the mountains of the Caucasus comes the Lamb's Tongue—Stachys lanata—a carpeting perennial whose leaves and 18 in stems are clothed with a silvery-grey wool, soft to the touch. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1578 |
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