myrtle berryn.

Brit.

/ˈməːtl ˌbɛri/, U.S.

/ˈmərd(ə)l ˌbɛri/

Forms: see myrtle n. and berry n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: myrtle n., berry n.¹

Etymology: < myrtle n. + berry n.¹ With sense 2 compare French forms cited at myrtle n., and etymological note at that entry.

1. The fruit of a myrtle, esp. Myrtus communis.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > myrtles > [noun] > myrtle-berry

myrtlea1400

myrtle berry?a1500

muntry1847

the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > berry > [noun] > bilberry or myrtleberry

blackberrylOE

myrtlea1400

hurtleberryc1460

myrtle berry?a1500

hurt1542

blaeberry1562

whortleberry1578

bilberry1584

blue1587

hurtle1597

hurtberrya1661

frawn1726

ohelo1825

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > bilberry or myrtleberry

blackberrylOE

wineberry14..

whimberryc1460

myrtle berry?a1500

blaeberry1562

whort1578

whortleberry1578

bilberry1584

vaccinium1597

whortle1597

frawn1726

?a1500 in tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) 262 (margin) Mirtelberys [a1400 Do þerto poudre of mirtillorum].

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xxi. sig. fiij^v He addeth to as it were to make the dyner more delicate, figges, benes, myrtill beryes, and beeche mast, whiche they shulde roste on the coles.

1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 400 Myrtle beries are very good for them that spit vomit, or pisse blood.

1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1227 Wine is made of Myrtle berries... This is called Vinum Myrteum, or Myrtites, Myrtle wine.

1638 W. Rawley tr. F. Bacon Hist. Nat. & Exper. Life & Death 333 Vnctuous and Comfortable Things, are; Saffron, Mastick, Myrrhe, and Myrtle-Berries.

1660 Act 12 Chas. II c. 4 Mertle berries the pound—js.

1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis 100 Myrtle-Berries are very rough and astringent.

1752 Philos. Trans. 1749–50 (Royal Soc.) 46 541 It is almost impracticable to form Wax any other Way, unless the Wax extracted from the Myrtle-berries in America by boiling be an exception from it.

1844 Southern Literary Messenger 10 701/1 To imitate this natural coloring matter, various dye woods are employed, as well as red poppies, myrtle berries, elder berries, &c.

1869 A. S. Wright Wright's Bk. 3000 Pract. Receipts 296 To make the Hair grow Thick... Take rosemary, maiden-hair, southern-wood, myrtle-berries, hazel bark of each 2 ounces; [etc.].

1936 William & Mary Coll. Q. Hist. Mag. 16 194 Myrtle wax was made from the myrtle berries and was very highly prized in colonial days as a floor polish.

1998 Boston Globe (Nexis) 1 Feb. m1 Sardinia's trademark liqueur is Mirto, a deep red potation made from myrtle berries.

†2. The bilberry, Vaccinium myrtillus. Obsolete. rare.The cowberry, V. vitis-idaea, also occurs on Skiddaw, but it has red, not black, berries.

ΚΠ

1751 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 52/1 The plants of Skiddow are the myrtle berries, generally called black-berries, the vitis idæa of Dioscorides.

Compounds

myrtle-berry wax n. rare = myrtle wax n. at myrtle n. Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > waxy materials > [noun] > derived from plants > specific

myrtle wax1700

piney tallow1843

Japanese wax1859

Japan wax1859

myrica wax1862

myrtle-berry wax1888

berry wax1897

candelilla wax1909

1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 459/2 Myrtle-Berry Wax is obtained from the fruit of several species of Myrica.

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

单词	myrtle berry
释义	myrtle berryn. Brit. /ˈməːtl ˌbɛri/, U.S. /ˈmərd(ə)l ˌbɛri/ Forms: see myrtle n. and berry n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: myrtle n., berry n.¹ Etymology: < myrtle n. + berry n.¹ With sense 2 compare French forms cited at myrtle n., and etymological note at that entry. 1. The fruit of a myrtle, esp. Myrtus communis. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > myrtles > [noun] > myrtle-berry myrtlea1400 myrtle berry?a1500 muntry1847 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > berry > [noun] > bilberry or myrtleberry blackberrylOE myrtlea1400 hurtleberryc1460 myrtle berry?a1500 hurt1542 blaeberry1562 whortleberry1578 bilberry1584 blue1587 hurtle1597 hurtberrya1661 frawn1726 ohelo1825 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > bilberry or myrtleberry blackberrylOE wineberry14.. whimberryc1460 myrtle berry?a1500 blaeberry1562 whort1578 whortleberry1578 bilberry1584 vaccinium1597 whortle1597 frawn1726 ?a1500 in tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) 262 (margin) Mirtelberys [a1400 Do þerto poudre of mirtillorum]. 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xxi. sig. fiij^v He addeth to as it were to make the dyner more delicate, figges, benes, myrtill beryes, and beeche mast, whiche they shulde roste on the coles. 1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 400 Myrtle beries are very good for them that spit vomit, or pisse blood. 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1227 Wine is made of Myrtle berries... This is called Vinum Myrteum, or Myrtites, Myrtle wine. 1638 W. Rawley tr. F. Bacon Hist. Nat. & Exper. Life & Death 333 Vnctuous and Comfortable Things, are; Saffron, Mastick, Myrrhe, and Myrtle-Berries. 1660 Act 12 Chas. II c. 4 Mertle berries the pound—js. 1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis 100 Myrtle-Berries are very rough and astringent. 1752 Philos. Trans. 1749–50 (Royal Soc.) 46 541 It is almost impracticable to form Wax any other Way, unless the Wax extracted from the Myrtle-berries in America by boiling be an exception from it. 1844 Southern Literary Messenger 10 701/1 To imitate this natural coloring matter, various dye woods are employed, as well as red poppies, myrtle berries, elder berries, &c. 1869 A. S. Wright Wright's Bk. 3000 Pract. Receipts 296 To make the Hair grow Thick... Take rosemary, maiden-hair, southern-wood, myrtle-berries, hazel bark of each 2 ounces; [etc.]. 1936 William & Mary Coll. Q. Hist. Mag. 16 194 Myrtle wax was made from the myrtle berries and was very highly prized in colonial days as a floor polish. 1998 Boston Globe (Nexis) 1 Feb. m1 Sardinia's trademark liqueur is Mirto, a deep red potation made from myrtle berries. †2. The bilberry, Vaccinium myrtillus. Obsolete. rare.The cowberry, V. vitis-idaea, also occurs on Skiddaw, but it has red, not black, berries. ΚΠ 1751 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 52/1 The plants of Skiddow are the myrtle berries, generally called black-berries, the vitis idæa of Dioscorides. Compounds myrtle-berry wax n. rare = myrtle wax n. at myrtle n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > waxy materials > [noun] > derived from plants > specific myrtle wax1700 piney tallow1843 Japanese wax1859 Japan wax1859 myrica wax1862 myrtle-berry wax1888 berry wax1897 candelilla wax1909 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 459/2 Myrtle-Berry Wax is obtained from the fruit of several species of Myrica. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1500
随便看	θ203720 θ203721 θ203722 θ203723 θ203724 θ203725 θ203726 θ203727 θ203728 θ203729 θ20373 θ203730 θ203731 θ203732 θ203733 θ203734 θ203735 θ203736 θ203737 θ203738 θ203739 θ20374 θ203740 θ203741 θ203742