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单词 myagrum
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myagrumn.

Brit. /mʌɪˈaɡrəm/, U.S. /maɪˈæɡr(ə)m/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin myagrum, myagros.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin myagrum (1557), alteration of classical Latin myagros (Pliny), a plant with oil-bearing seeds, perhaps Camelina sativa < Hellenistic Greek μύαγρος (Dioscorides), lit. ‘mouse-catcher’ < ancient Greek μῦς mouse (see myo- comb. form) + ἄγρα hunting, way of catching, fact of catching (see podagra n.).
Originally: †the Mediterranean plant gold of pleasure, Camelina sativa (obsolete). Later: a plant of the genus Myagrum (family Brassicaceae ( Cruciferae)), formerly including gold of pleasure but now consisting of a single Mediterranean weed, Myagrum perfoliatum; (in form Myagrum) the genus itself.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) II. 640.
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1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. xxxv. 494 The oyle of the seede of Cameline or Myagrum..doth cleare and polish the skinne from all roughnesse.
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 214 Golde of pleasure..is called properly Myagrum.
1755 Dict. Arts & Sci. III. 2168/2 Myagrum, a genus of the tetradynamina siliculosa class of plants, the corolla whereof consists of four plane, roundish, obtuse petals, disposed crosswise.
1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 552/2 Myagrum perfoliatum L. Perfoliate myagrum... France.
1988 B.S.B.I. News Apr. 36 In 1987, K. L. Spurgin located Myagrum in arable south of the Dordogne in France together with many other exciting arable weeds.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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