单词 | marum |
释义 | marumn. Now rare. Either of two aromatic plants of the family Lamiaceae ( Labiatae) native to the western Mediterranean region, formerly used to induce sneezing: †(a) a kind of thyme, Thymus mastichina (obsolete); (b) cat thyme, Teucrium marum (also marum germander, †marum syriacum). Cf. mastic n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > herb mastic mastic1597 mastic thyme1640 marum1666 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > [noun] > germander plants hindheala1300 ambrosea1350 wild sagea1400 germander?a1425 tetterwosea1500 English treacle1548 garlic-germander1548 scordium1548 wood-sage1571 garlic-sage1597 horse-chire1597 tree germander1597 mountain sage1659 marum1666 teucrium1673 mastic plant1718 thorny germander1822 bitter sage1865 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 13 Marum Syriacum vel Creticum. The Syrian or Candye Mastick. This Candye or Syrian Marjerome.] 1666 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 2) 40 Slip and set Marums. 1693 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. (ed. 2) 134 Marum, an Exotick Plant, like in Figure and Vertue to Marjoram. 1712 J. Mortimer Art of Husbandry: Pt. II 195 Mastick, Tyme or Marum is increas'd by slips. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Mastichina,..the herb mastic, or garden marum. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 206 The cat is excessively fond of some plants, such as valerian, marum, and cat-mint. 1807 R. Morris & J. Kendrick Edinb. Med. & Physical Dict. II Marum syriacum.., the Marum germander, or Syrian herb mastich. This shrub is the Teucrium marum. Linn. a1809 A. Seward Poet. Wks. (1810) III. 388 O'er marum border and valerian bed Thy Lucy shall decline her moping head. 1834 W. S. Landor Citation & Exam. Shakespere in Wks. (1853) II. 268/1 No kitten upon a bed of marum ever played such antics. 1931 M. Grieve Mod. Herbal II. 808/1 The Cat Thyme, or Marum, is..a native of Spain... The leaves..on being rubbed emit a volatile, aromatic smell, which excites sneezing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1666 |
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