mountain flaxn.

Brit.

/ˌmaʊntᵻn ˈflaks/, U.S.

/ˈmaʊnt(ə)n ˌflæks/

Forms: 1600s– mountaine flax, 1700s– mountain flax, 1800s– mountain flox (English regional), 1800s– mountain vlix (English regional).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mountain n., flax n.

Etymology: < mountain n. + flax n. In sense 2 with reference to the flaxlike fibres of the mineral; compare flax n. 5b.

a. British regional. Any of various plants with narrow leaves; spec. (a) fairy flax, Linum catharticum; (b) Scottish common quaking grass, Briza media; (c) common centaury, Centaurium erythraea; (d) corn spurrey, Spergula arvensis.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > rosaceous plants > [noun] > linum or fairy-flax

mill-mountain1633

mountain flax1648

rupturewort1670

purging flax1684

fairy flax1737

mountain flax1841

purge flax1853

fairy lint1859

dwarf-flax1863

linum1867

1648 J. Bobart Eng. Catal. at Flax, in Catalogus Plantarum Horti Medici Oxoniensis Mountaine Flax (i) Mill mountaine, Lin. Cathar.

1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis 186 Mountain Flax.—This is own'd in Medicine only by the common People.

1788 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 119 Mountain flax—linum catharticum—purging flax.

1871 Sc. Naturalist 1 54 In Kirkcudbrightshire, the Quaking Grass (Briza) is called Mountain Flax.

1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Dial. Cumberland (ed. 2) p. xix Erythræa centaurium... Mountain flox.

1882 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Mountain flax, Spergula arvensis, Corn Spurrey.

1903 Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 179/2 [Dorset] Spurious flax, resembling dwarf or mountain flax.

b. U.S. The plant senega snakeroot, Polygala senega, whose root was formerly used medicinally.

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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

1824 A. Eaton Man. Bot. (ed. 4) ii. 402 Polygala..senega..mountain flax.

1845–50 A. H. Lincoln Familiar Lect. Bot. (new ed.) App. 144/2 Polygala senega (seneca snake-root, mountainflax).

1917 Standard Cycl. Hort. (ed. 2) V. 2738/1 [Polygala] Senega, Linn. Seneca Snakeroot. Mountain Flax.

1974 N. Coon Dict. Useful Plants 211 Mountain flax... For a time, it became an..‘official’ drug for uses in chronic catarrh, croup, asthma, and lung disorders.

c. U.S. The prairie flax, Linum perenne subsp. lewisii, of western North America. rare.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > rosaceous plants > [noun] > linum or fairy-flax

mill-mountain1633

mountain flax1648

rupturewort1670

purging flax1684

fairy flax1737

mountain flax1841

purge flax1853

fairy lint1859

dwarf-flax1863

linum1867

1841 T. J. Farnham Trav. Great Western Prairies 99 The mountain flax..covered acres as densely as it usually stood in fields, and presented the beautiful sheet of blue blossoms.

1959 R. M. Carleton Index Common Names Herbaceous Plants 84 Mountain flax, Linum lewisi.

d. The New Zealand plant Phormium cookianum (family Phormiaceae or Agavaceae), which has fibrous blade-like leaves, is a smaller relative of New Zealand flax ( P. tenax), and is grown elsewhere as a garden plant.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > flax plants > New Zealand flax plant or stalk

phormium1783

New Zealand flax1789

korari1832

mountain flax1867

sword-flax1871

1867 E. Sauter tr. F. von Hochstetter New Zealand vii. 152 We may distinguish about three principal varieties..Wharariki, mountain flax, with coarse fibres; little used.

1949 P. H. Buck Coming of Maori (1950) ii. v. 167 Relief in decoration was obtained by spacing tags of the mountain flax (Phormium colensoi) which turn a distinct yellow in colour.

1989 C. Brickell Gardeners' Encycl. Plants & Flowers 537/4 P[ormium] cookianum, syn. P. colensoi (Mountain flax). Evergreen, upright perennial.

†2. The mineral amianthus (amianthus n. 1). Cf. mountain n. and adj. Compounds 2b(b). Obsolete.

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1807 A. Aikin & C. R. Aikin Dict. Chem. & Mineral. I. 107 Amianth or Mountain Flax.

1856 A. Faulkner Dict. Commerc. Terms 6 Amianthus, Asbestos, Mountain Flax.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mountain flax
释义	mountain flaxn. Brit. /ˌmaʊntᵻn ˈflaks/, U.S. /ˈmaʊnt(ə)n ˌflæks/ Forms: 1600s– mountaine flax, 1700s– mountain flax, 1800s– mountain flox (English regional), 1800s– mountain vlix (English regional). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mountain n., flax n. Etymology: < mountain n. + flax n. In sense 2 with reference to the flaxlike fibres of the mineral; compare flax n. 5b. 1. a. British regional. Any of various plants with narrow leaves; spec. (a) fairy flax, Linum catharticum; (b) Scottish common quaking grass, Briza media; (c) common centaury, Centaurium erythraea; (d) corn spurrey, Spergula arvensis. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > rosaceous plants > [noun] > linum or fairy-flax mill-mountain1633 mountain flax1648 rupturewort1670 purging flax1684 fairy flax1737 mountain flax1841 purge flax1853 fairy lint1859 dwarf-flax1863 linum1867 1648 J. Bobart Eng. Catal. at Flax, in Catalogus Plantarum Horti Medici Oxoniensis Mountaine Flax (i) Mill mountaine, Lin. Cathar. 1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis 186 Mountain Flax.—This is own'd in Medicine only by the common People. 1788 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 119 Mountain flax—linum catharticum—purging flax. 1871 Sc. Naturalist 1 54 In Kirkcudbrightshire, the Quaking Grass (Briza) is called Mountain Flax. 1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Dial. Cumberland (ed. 2) p. xix Erythræa centaurium... Mountain flox. 1882 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Mountain flax, Spergula arvensis, Corn Spurrey. 1903 Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 179/2 [Dorset] Spurious flax, resembling dwarf or mountain flax. b. U.S. The plant senega snakeroot, Polygala senega, whose root was formerly used medicinally. 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 1824 A. Eaton Man. Bot. (ed. 4) ii. 402 Polygala..senega..mountain flax. 1845–50 A. H. Lincoln Familiar Lect. Bot. (new ed.) App. 144/2 Polygala senega (seneca snake-root, mountainflax). 1917 Standard Cycl. Hort. (ed. 2) V. 2738/1 [Polygala] Senega, Linn. Seneca Snakeroot. Mountain Flax. 1974 N. Coon Dict. Useful Plants 211 Mountain flax... For a time, it became an..‘official’ drug for uses in chronic catarrh, croup, asthma, and lung disorders. c. U.S. The prairie flax, Linum perenne subsp. lewisii, of western North America. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > rosaceous plants > [noun] > linum or fairy-flax mill-mountain1633 mountain flax1648 rupturewort1670 purging flax1684 fairy flax1737 mountain flax1841 purge flax1853 fairy lint1859 dwarf-flax1863 linum1867 1841 T. J. Farnham Trav. Great Western Prairies 99 The mountain flax..covered acres as densely as it usually stood in fields, and presented the beautiful sheet of blue blossoms. 1959 R. M. Carleton Index Common Names Herbaceous Plants 84 Mountain flax, Linum lewisi. d. The New Zealand plant Phormium cookianum (family Phormiaceae or Agavaceae), which has fibrous blade-like leaves, is a smaller relative of New Zealand flax ( P. tenax), and is grown elsewhere as a garden plant. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > flax plants > New Zealand flax plant or stalk phormium1783 New Zealand flax1789 korari1832 mountain flax1867 sword-flax1871 1867 E. Sauter tr. F. von Hochstetter New Zealand vii. 152 We may distinguish about three principal varieties..Wharariki, mountain flax, with coarse fibres; little used. 1949 P. H. Buck Coming of Maori (1950) ii. v. 167 Relief in decoration was obtained by spacing tags of the mountain flax (Phormium colensoi) which turn a distinct yellow in colour. 1989 C. Brickell Gardeners' Encycl. Plants & Flowers 537/4 P[ormium] cookianum, syn. P. colensoi (Mountain flax). Evergreen, upright perennial. †2. The mineral amianthus (amianthus n. 1). Cf. mountain n. and adj. Compounds 2b(b). Obsolete. ΚΠ 1807 A. Aikin & C. R. Aikin Dict. Chem. & Mineral. I. 107 Amianth or Mountain Flax. 1856 A. Faulkner Dict. Commerc. Terms 6 Amianthus, Asbestos, Mountain Flax. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1648
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