单词 | matico |
释义 | maticon. 1. A shrub of tropical South America, Piper angustifolium (family Piperaceae), valued for its medicinal properties. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > American or West Indian ramgoat bush1566 burton-wood1697 cowage cherry1725 Jack-in-the-busha1726 screw tree1739 lady of the night1752 goatweed1756 solandra1797 silk-tassel1833 garrya1835 matico1839 choisya1840 Romneya1845 jointer1847 creosote-bush1851 creosote-plant1854 bridal wreath1856 ocotillo1856 adelaster1863 sage rose1864 white horse1864 tree poppy1866 Tacsonia1869 rain tree1877 piquillin bush1884 tassel-bush1891 bush poppy1899 Mexican orange1923 shrimp plant1941 1839 Lancet 5 Jan. 567 The name of the plant from which the leaves are collected, is Matèco. 1848 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 7) 529/2 Matico, Yerba del Soldada or Soldier's weed. A South American herb—Piper angustifolium or Artanthe elongata—which is possessed of astringent virtues. 1931 M. Grieve Mod. Herbal (1967) II. 523/2 In South America Matico is used like cubeb. Its styptic properties are due to the volatile oil, and it is used for arresting hæmorrhages, as a local application to ulcers, in genito-urinary complaints, atonic diarrhœa, dysentery, etc. 1998 Soap, Perfumery & Cosmetics (Nexis) 1 Aug. 21 The settlers dispatched most of the native populations, so early data is very rare. One herb..described was matico (Piper angustifolium), which was cited as a topical anti-haemorrhagic agent (a property confirmed by the British herbal pharmacopoeia). 2. The fresh or dried leaves of the matico, used esp. as a styptic. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > astringent or restringent preparations > [noun] > for stopping bleeding > plant-derived mully-puff1629 agaric1756 puffball1767 matico1842 hydrastis1861 amadou1876 soldiers' tea1895 1842 Provinc. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. June 209 The South American styptic ‘maticò’. 1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §1034 The substance called Matico or Matica. 1855 A. B. Garrod Essentials Materia Medica 264 Bleeding from leech-bites may be stopped..by matico. 1880 P. H. Chavasse Advice to Mother 301 Try the effects either of powdered alum or of powdered matico, used after the fashion of snuff—a pinch or two..should be sniffed up the bleeding nostril. 1974 G. Usher Dict. Plants used by Man 463/2 The leaves (Matico)..are used medicinally as a urino-genital antiseptic and to prevent bleeding. 1997 Midwifery Today (Nexis) Winter 48 Midwives treat hemorrhage with a variety of teas..such as cotton leaf, flower of the orange tree, matico and flor de retama. Compounds General attributive, as matico leaf, matico plant, etc. ΚΠ 1868 A. B. Garrod Essentials Materia Medica (ed. 3) 315 Maticæ Folia. Matico Leaves. 1871 H. Watts tr. L. Gmelin Hand-bk. Chem. XVIII. 234 The leaves of the matico plant. 1885 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. IV. ii Matico-oil. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1839 |
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