单词 | malabar nut |
释义 | > as lemmasMalabar nut Malabar nut n. an Indian shrub, Justicia adhatoda (family Acanthaceae), whose leaves are used as an expectorant, antispasmodic, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Acanthaceae (acanthus) > [noun] sea-docka1400 bear's footc1400 bear claw1543 acanthus1551 brank-ursine1551 bear's breech1565 acanth1648 Malabar nut1694 spirit-leaf1696 spirit weed1699 snap-tree?1711 many-roots1750 ruellia1751 Christmas pride1756 menow weed1756 strobilanthes1836 adelaster1863 bear's breeches1882 1694 J. Peachie Some Observ. Malabar Nutt 4 The strange and almost miraculous Cures..wrought by the Malabar Nutt. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Adhatoda Adhatoda Zeylanensium... The common Malabar Nut. 1807 R. Morris & J. Kendrick Edinb. Med. & Physical Dict. I. at Adhatoda. The virtue ascribed to the Malabar nut is that of an emmenagogue, and to expel the dead fœtus. 1977 W. H. Lewis & M. P. F. Elvin-Lewis Med. Bot. xii. 301/1 Adhatoda vasica. Leaves of the Malabar nut tree, either dried or fresh, are prescribed as a mucolytic agent in Asia. < as lemmas |
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