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单词 banewort
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banewortn.

/ˈbeɪnwəːt/
Etymology: < bane n.1 poison + wort n.1, Old English wyrt, plant, herb.
a. gen. Any poisonous plant (dialect).
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noxious weed1773
banewort1864
1864 Whitby Gloss. (at cited word) It's some mak o' banewort.
b. spec. The Lesser Spearwort ( Ranunculus flammula), reputed to poison sheep.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Ranunculaceae (crowfoot and allies) > [noun] > spearwort
spearworta1400
spear-grass1548
spickwort1575
banewort1578
spire-grass1626
butter plate1853
steep1894
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 425 Called in some places of Englande Sperworte, it may be also called Banewort.
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 815 Speare Crowfoote, Spearewoort and Banewoort, bicause it is dangerous and deadly for sheepe.
1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi vi. §4. 260 Spear-wort or Bane-wort, is an herb which if it be taken inwardly, is deadly.
c. The Deadly Nightshade.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > poisonous bush or tree > [noun] > deadly nightshade
nightshadeOE
dwale14..
garden nightshade1576
deadly nightshade1578
sleeping nightshade1578
belladonna1597
death's herb1598
sleepy nightshade1611
banewort1861
1847 Halliwell cites Skinner ]
1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. IV. 72 Dwale, or Deadly Nightshade..Early English botanists called it Bane-wort.
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