milkwortn.

Brit.

/ˈmɪlkwəːt/, U.S.

/ˈmɪlkˌwərt/,

/ˈmɪlkˌwɔrt/

Forms: see milk n.¹ and wort n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: milk n.¹, wort n.¹

Etymology: < milk n.¹ + wort n.¹In senses 1 (Lactuca) and 5 (Euphorbia) probably after the milky sap; in sense 2 (Polygala) probably after the milky juice yielded by the roots (see also below); in sense 4 (Pulmonaria) probably after the white markings on the leaves (this plant is also known as Mary-spilt-the-milk ). The plants denoted at senses 2 and 3 (Polygala and Glaux maritima) were prescribed by medieval herbalists to nursing mothers in order to increase lactation; with sense 2 compare Hellenistic Greek πολύγαλον , classical Latin polygala polygala n.

†1. Perhaps: cultivated or wild lettuce (species of Lactuca). Obsolete.

ΚΠ

c1300 in T. Hunt Plant Names Medieval Eng. (1989) 153 [Lactuca] gallice letuz, anglice mylkeworth.

a1400 in T. Hunt Plant Names Medieval Eng. (1989) 153 [Lactuca] letuse, silvestris quasi domestica est, milkwort.

a1500 in T. Hunt Plant Names Medieval Eng. (1989) 154 [Lactuca] gallice letuse, anglice myl[ke]wort, slepeworte.

2. Any of various small plants constituting the genus Polygala (family Polygalaceae) of north temperate regions, having racemes of small, irregular, chiefly blue, purple, pink, or white flowers with petaloid inner sepals, and formerly supposed to increase lactation in nursing mothers; esp. (more fully common milkwort) Polygala vulgaris or (more fully heath milkwort) P. serpyllifolia. Frequently with distinguishing word.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Polygalaceae (milkwort and allies) > [noun]

milkwort1578

polygala1578

Cross-flower1597

gang flower1597

rogation flower1597

procession flower1633

rattlesnake root1682

senega1738

rattlesnake-wort1763

flowering wintergreen1818

mountain flax1824

shepherd's thyme1857

love1874

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xxxiii. 48 There be two kyndes of Mylkewurte [Du. melckcruyt], differing both in name and figure: whereof one is called Glaux, and the other Polygala.

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 448 Of Milke woort.

1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ iii. xxii. 420 Polygala Πολυγαλον Milkwort, a handful steeped all night in white wine..purgeth Choller.

1759 B. Stillingfleet tr. C. Gedner Of Use of Curiosity in Misc. Tracts Nat. Hist. 154 No physician would have even suspected, that our milkwort would be usefull in the bite of serpents,..unless the principles of botany had led him to it.

1858 A. Irvine Illustr. Handbk. Brit. Plants 740 P. vulgaris, Linn. Common Milkwort.

1915 M. Armstrong & J. J. Thornber Field Bk. Western Wild Flowers 278 California Milkwort Polygala Californica.

1936 J. C. Powys Maiden Castle (1937) vi. 227 Among several minute plants in the grass..he marked a few that were well-known to him, especially the blue and white milkwort.

1960 S. Ary & M. Gregory Oxf. Bk. Wild Flowers 168/2 Heath Milkwort (P. Serpyllifolia).

1972 R. Adams Watership Down xix. 112 They came to a patch of milkwort—a blue as deep as that of the sky.

1993 Wildlife News (Berks., Bucks. & Oxon Naturalists' Trust) 11/1 The Watts Reserve still sports a wide variety of downland wildflowers such as the autumn gentian and the chalk milkwort.

3. A halophytic coastal plant, Glaux maritima (family Primulaceae), having small pink axillary flowers. More fully sea milkwort or †black milkwort.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > other aquatic plants

sea-purslane1548

frog-bit1578

heartwort1578

milkwort1578

water dragon1578

water-liverwort1578

water milfoil1578

water radish1578

arrowhead1597

saltwort1597

water archer1597

calla1601

water-rocket1605

sea rocket1611

water archer1617

water chickweed1633

water purslane1633

arsesmart1640

water hyssop1653

water thyme1655

water serpent1659

Myriophyllum1754

least water plantain1756

mud-weed1756

Thalia1756

water-leaf1756

marsh liverwort1760

bastard plantain1762

wool-weed1765

Ruppia1770

goat's foot1773

pipewort1776

blinking chickweed1777

mudwort1789

arrowleaf1805

water-target1814

water willow1814

felwort1816

water shield1817

mermaid weed1822

mud plantain1822

hydrilla1824

blinks1835

crystalwort1846

naiad1846

waterwort1846

arrow weed1848

willow-thorn1857

lattice leaf1866

marsh flower1866

bonnet1869

lattice plant1877

sea-ash1884

alligator weed1887

water parsley1891

water hyacinth1897

lirio1926

neverwet1927

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xxxiii. 48 Glaux. Milkewurte [Du. melckcruyt], or sea Tryfoly.

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 448 The true Glaux or Milkwoort groweth very plentifully in salt places and marshes neere the sea.

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 448 It shall suffice to call it in English Sea Milkwoort.

1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum Table 1741 Blacke Milkewort, or Sea Milkewort.

1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum (at cited word) Black Milk-wort, or Sea Milk-wort, in Latin Glaux maritima.

1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. IV. 234 Sea Milkwort, or Black Saltwort.

1955 N. Taylor F. Schuyler Mathews' Field Bk. Amer. Wild Flowers 364 Sea Milkwort Glaux maritima... A low, fleshy seaside plant with oblong, toothless, and stalkless light green leaves.

1961 R. W. Butcher New Illustr. Brit. Flora II. 145 The Sea Milkwort is a straggling, glabrous perennial..which is abundant in salt marshes throughout the British Isles.

2000 Evening Post (Bristol) (Nexis) 15 Feb. 13 Mr Llewellyn-Jones said..that where the marsh is on the sandy side, sea milkwort grows.

4. Our Lady's milkwort: see Our Lady n. Compounds 2b.

5. A spurge; esp. sun spurge, Euphorbia helioscopia. Now British regional.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Euphorbiaceae (spurges and allies) > [noun]

catapucec1386

Euphorbiaa1398

spurgea1400

tithymala1400

faitour's grassc1440

cat's-grassc1450

nettlewort1523

essell1527

lint-spurge1548

sea wartwort1548

spurge thyme1548

line-spurge1562

myrtle spurge1562

sun spurge1562

wolf's-milk1575

cypress tithymal1578

devil's milk1578

mercury1578

sea-spurge1597

sun tithymal1597

welcome to our house1597

wood-spurge1597

Euphorbium1606

milk-reed1611

milkwort1640

sun-turning spurge1640

spurge-wort1647

caper-bush1673

Portland spurge1715

milkweed1736

Medusa's head1760

little-good1808

welcome-home-husband1828

three-seeded mercury1846

cat's-milk1861

turnsole1863–79

mole-tree1864

snow-on-the-mountain1873

seven sisters1879

caper-plant1882

asthma herb1887

mountain snow1889

crown of thorns1890

olifants melkbos1898

1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 184 Tithymalus sive Lactaria. Spurge or Milkeworte.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Milk-wort, or Wart-wort, is also a name sometimes given to the Euphorbia.

1886 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names App. 554 Milkwort, Euphorbia Helioscopia and other species. Ess. (Bocking).

1997 Independent (Nexis) 4 May 10 The Milkwort or Spurge, Euphorbia myrsinites, echoes the foliage of the Hebe with evergreen, blue-grey leaves of its own.

†6. In plural. The roots of the harebell, Campanula rotundifolia. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Add. Milkorts, or Milkworts, the name given to the root of the Campanula Rotundifolia.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	milkwort
释义	milkwortn. Brit. /ˈmɪlkwəːt/, U.S. /ˈmɪlkˌwərt/, /ˈmɪlkˌwɔrt/ Forms: see milk n.¹ and wort n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: milk n.¹, wort n.¹ Etymology: < milk n.¹ + wort n.¹In senses 1 (Lactuca) and 5 (Euphorbia) probably after the milky sap; in sense 2 (Polygala) probably after the milky juice yielded by the roots (see also below); in sense 4 (Pulmonaria) probably after the white markings on the leaves (this plant is also known as Mary-spilt-the-milk ). The plants denoted at senses 2 and 3 (Polygala and Glaux maritima) were prescribed by medieval herbalists to nursing mothers in order to increase lactation; with sense 2 compare Hellenistic Greek πολύγαλον , classical Latin polygala polygala n. †1. Perhaps: cultivated or wild lettuce (species of Lactuca). Obsolete. ΚΠ c1300 in T. Hunt Plant Names Medieval Eng. (1989) 153 [Lactuca] gallice letuz, anglice mylkeworth. a1400 in T. Hunt Plant Names Medieval Eng. (1989) 153 [Lactuca] letuse, silvestris quasi domestica est, milkwort. a1500 in T. Hunt Plant Names Medieval Eng. (1989) 154 [Lactuca] gallice letuse, anglice myl[ke]wort, slepeworte. 2. Any of various small plants constituting the genus Polygala (family Polygalaceae) of north temperate regions, having racemes of small, irregular, chiefly blue, purple, pink, or white flowers with petaloid inner sepals, and formerly supposed to increase lactation in nursing mothers; esp. (more fully common milkwort) Polygala vulgaris or (more fully heath milkwort) P. serpyllifolia. Frequently with distinguishing word. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Polygalaceae (milkwort and allies) > [noun] milkwort1578 polygala1578 Cross-flower1597 gang flower1597 rogation flower1597 procession flower1633 rattlesnake root1682 senega1738 rattlesnake-wort1763 flowering wintergreen1818 mountain flax1824 shepherd's thyme1857 love1874 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xxxiii. 48 There be two kyndes of Mylkewurte [Du. melckcruyt], differing both in name and figure: whereof one is called Glaux, and the other Polygala. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 448 Of Milke woort. 1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ iii. xxii. 420 Polygala Πολυγαλον Milkwort, a handful steeped all night in white wine..purgeth Choller. 1759 B. Stillingfleet tr. C. Gedner Of Use of Curiosity in Misc. Tracts Nat. Hist. 154 No physician would have even suspected, that our milkwort would be usefull in the bite of serpents,..unless the principles of botany had led him to it. 1858 A. Irvine Illustr. Handbk. Brit. Plants 740 P. vulgaris, Linn. Common Milkwort. 1915 M. Armstrong & J. J. Thornber Field Bk. Western Wild Flowers 278 California Milkwort Polygala Californica. 1936 J. C. Powys Maiden Castle (1937) vi. 227 Among several minute plants in the grass..he marked a few that were well-known to him, especially the blue and white milkwort. 1960 S. Ary & M. Gregory Oxf. Bk. Wild Flowers 168/2 Heath Milkwort (P. Serpyllifolia). 1972 R. Adams Watership Down xix. 112 They came to a patch of milkwort—a blue as deep as that of the sky. 1993 Wildlife News (Berks., Bucks. & Oxon Naturalists' Trust) 11/1 The Watts Reserve still sports a wide variety of downland wildflowers such as the autumn gentian and the chalk milkwort. 3. A halophytic coastal plant, Glaux maritima (family Primulaceae), having small pink axillary flowers. More fully sea milkwort or †black milkwort. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > other aquatic plants sea-purslane1548 frog-bit1578 heartwort1578 milkwort1578 water dragon1578 water-liverwort1578 water milfoil1578 water milfoil1578 water radish1578 arrowhead1597 saltwort1597 water archer1597 calla1601 water-rocket1605 sea rocket1611 water archer1617 water chickweed1633 water purslane1633 arsesmart1640 water hyssop1653 water thyme1655 water serpent1659 Myriophyllum1754 least water plantain1756 mud-weed1756 Thalia1756 water-leaf1756 marsh liverwort1760 bastard plantain1762 wool-weed1765 Ruppia1770 goat's foot1773 pipewort1776 blinking chickweed1777 mudwort1789 arrowleaf1805 water-target1814 water willow1814 felwort1816 water shield1817 mermaid weed1822 mud plantain1822 hydrilla1824 blinks1835 crystalwort1846 naiad1846 waterwort1846 arrow weed1848 willow-thorn1857 lattice leaf1866 marsh flower1866 bonnet1869 lattice plant1877 sea-ash1884 alligator weed1887 water parsley1891 water hyacinth1897 lirio1926 neverwet1927 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xxxiii. 48 Glaux. Milkewurte [Du. melckcruyt], or sea Tryfoly. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 448 The true Glaux or Milkwoort groweth very plentifully in salt places and marshes neere the sea. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 448 It shall suffice to call it in English Sea Milkwoort. 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum Table 1741 Blacke Milkewort, or Sea Milkewort. 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum (at cited word) Black Milk-wort, or Sea Milk-wort, in Latin Glaux maritima. 1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. IV. 234 Sea Milkwort, or Black Saltwort. 1955 N. Taylor F. Schuyler Mathews' Field Bk. Amer. Wild Flowers 364 Sea Milkwort Glaux maritima... A low, fleshy seaside plant with oblong, toothless, and stalkless light green leaves. 1961 R. W. Butcher New Illustr. Brit. Flora II. 145 The Sea Milkwort is a straggling, glabrous perennial..which is abundant in salt marshes throughout the British Isles. 2000 Evening Post (Bristol) (Nexis) 15 Feb. 13 Mr Llewellyn-Jones said..that where the marsh is on the sandy side, sea milkwort grows. 4. Our Lady's milkwort: see Our Lady n. Compounds 2b. 5. A spurge; esp. sun spurge, Euphorbia helioscopia. Now British regional. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Euphorbiaceae (spurges and allies) > [noun] catapucec1386 Euphorbiaa1398 spurgea1400 tithymala1400 faitour's grassc1440 cat's-grassc1450 nettlewort1523 essell1527 lint-spurge1548 sea wartwort1548 spurge thyme1548 line-spurge1562 myrtle spurge1562 sun spurge1562 wolf's-milk1575 cypress tithymal1578 devil's milk1578 mercury1578 sea-spurge1597 sun tithymal1597 welcome to our house1597 wood-spurge1597 Euphorbium1606 milk-reed1611 milkwort1640 sun-turning spurge1640 spurge-wort1647 caper-bush1673 Portland spurge1715 milkweed1736 Medusa's head1760 little-good1808 welcome-home-husband1828 three-seeded mercury1846 cat's-milk1861 turnsole1863–79 mole-tree1864 snow-on-the-mountain1873 seven sisters1879 caper-plant1882 asthma herb1887 mountain snow1889 crown of thorns1890 olifants melkbos1898 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 184 Tithymalus sive Lactaria. Spurge or Milkeworte. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Milk-wort, or Wart-wort, is also a name sometimes given to the Euphorbia. 1886 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names App. 554 Milkwort, Euphorbia Helioscopia and other species. Ess. (Bocking). 1997 Independent (Nexis) 4 May 10 The Milkwort or Spurge, Euphorbia myrsinites, echoes the foliage of the Hebe with evergreen, blue-grey leaves of its own. †6. In plural. The roots of the harebell, Campanula rotundifolia. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Add. Milkorts, or Milkworts, the name given to the root of the Campanula Rotundifolia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1300
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