单词 | master-root |
释义 | † master-rootn. Obsolete. 1. The main root of a plant. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > root > [noun] moreeOE rootc1175 master-rootc1330 rootinga1400 radix1558 leg1597 taproot1601 top-root1651 tuberous root1668 heart-root1669 pivot1725 spill1766 tap1796 tutty-more1873 pneumatophore1891 stem root1901 heart-root1903 c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) (1933) 469 Of the maister rote hit is Out isprong..þat fore þat olde tre les his pride. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. vi. 664 Two or three foote from the principall or maister roote. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 513 The more..safe way..was rather to cut the stocke and maister Root. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Vivacious They are obliged to take some [Roots] away,..to disburthen the Master-Root of them. 1742 W. Ellis Timber-tree Improved (ed. 3) II. iv. 63 Bare some of the Master-roots of a vigorous Tree. 2. The masterwort, Peucedanum ostruthium. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > medicinal and culinary plants > medicinal and culinary plant or part of plant > [noun] > masterwort masterwort1523 pellitory1544 master-root1599 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > specific plant > masterwort masterwort1523 master-root1599 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 221/2 In like sorte is also verye good heervnto the Masterroote. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.c1330 |
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