medican.

Brit.

/ˈmiːdᵻkə/, U.S.

/ˈmidəkə/

Forms: Middle English– medica, 1600s medicaes (plural). Also with capital initial.

Origin: Perhaps of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Perhaps partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin mēdica, Mēdicus; Greek Μηδικός.

Etymology: < classical Latin mēdica (see medick n.), or in sense 1 perhaps independently < classical Latin Mēdicus or ancient Greek Μηδικός Medic adj.²Quot. 1984 at sense 2 represents a reborrowing < Italian (erba) medica.

Now rare.

†1. A species of tree (not identified). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > unidentified or variously identified > [noun]

whittenOE

medicaa1398

hulder1545

lote-tree1678

sadore1681

night-tree1849

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 185 Onelyche in þis cuntrey [sc. Media] groweþ a tree þat hat medica.

2. = medick n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > alfalfa or lucerne

medick?1440

medicac1487

snail-trefoil1548

snail clover1597

Burgundy hay1600

lucerne1652

nonsuch1662

alfalfa1764

c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iv. 272 And for the grete cours of fresh waters, it [sc. a country] bryngeth forthe a grasse that named is medica, and an herbe that called is lotum that groweth as high as a man.

1589 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Georgiks i. 8 in A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucoliks O thou three leau'd Medica.

1651 R. Child Large Let. in S. Hartlib Legacie 80 The plants which are usually called Medicaes with us, are Annual plants.

1666 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 2) 38 Sow..Medica, Holy-hocks, Columbines.

1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 12 A species of Trefoil,..to which some have given the Name of Medica, or Median Hay.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) The sea Medica... The great prickly sea Medica.

1984 A. Elliot On Appian Way 37 He'd erba medica to feed his horse. ‘Medica? Persian grass?’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	medica
释义	medican. Brit. /ˈmiːdᵻkə/, U.S. /ˈmidəkə/ Forms: Middle English– medica, 1600s medicaes (plural). Also with capital initial. Origin: Perhaps of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Perhaps partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin mēdica, Mēdicus; Greek Μηδικός. Etymology: < classical Latin mēdica (see medick n.), or in sense 1 perhaps independently < classical Latin Mēdicus or ancient Greek Μηδικός Medic adj.²Quot. 1984 at sense 2 represents a reborrowing < Italian (erba) medica. Now rare. †1. A species of tree (not identified). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > unidentified or variously identified > [noun] whittenOE medicaa1398 hulder1545 lote-tree1678 sadore1681 night-tree1849 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 185 Onelyche in þis cuntrey [sc. Media] groweþ a tree þat hat medica. 2. = medick n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > alfalfa or lucerne medick?1440 medicac1487 snail-trefoil1548 snail clover1597 Burgundy hay1600 lucerne1652 nonsuch1662 alfalfa1764 c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iv. 272 And for the grete cours of fresh waters, it [sc. a country] bryngeth forthe a grasse that named is medica, and an herbe that called is lotum that groweth as high as a man. 1589 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Georgiks i. 8 in A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucoliks O thou three leau'd Medica. 1651 R. Child Large Let. in S. Hartlib Legacie 80 The plants which are usually called Medicaes with us, are Annual plants. 1666 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 2) 38 Sow..Medica, Holy-hocks, Columbines. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 12 A species of Trefoil,..to which some have given the Name of Medica, or Median Hay. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) The sea Medica... The great prickly sea Medica. 1984 A. Elliot On Appian Way 37 He'd erba medica to feed his horse. ‘Medica? Persian grass?’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1398
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