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单词 matico
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maticon.

Brit. /məˈtiːkəʊ/, U.S. /məˈtiˌkoʊ/
Forms: 1800s matèco, 1800s matica, 1800s maticò, 1800s– matico.
Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish Matico.
Etymology: < Spanish Matico, further etymology uncertain; perhaps < the male forename Mateo , cognate with English Matthew (see Matthew n.) + -ico , diminutive suffix, or perhaps < mato scrub, bush (14th cent.; cognate with Portuguese mato mato n.2) + -ico, diminutive suffix.The explanation of Matico as the name of a Spanish soldier who discovered the plant's styptic properties when wounded in Peru is probably a folk etymology; compare quassia n.
1. A shrub of tropical South America, Piper angustifolium (family Piperaceae), valued for its medicinal properties.
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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.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > astringent or restringent preparations > [noun] > for stopping bleeding > plant-derived
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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.

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General attributive, as matico leaf, matico plant, etc.
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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).
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