| 单词 | oak-lungs |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoak-lungs oak-lungs n. (a) a lichen found on old trees, Lobaria pulmonaria, which was formerly used to treat diseases of the lung (also called lungs of oak); †(b) (perhaps by confusion) carrageen or Irish moss, Chondrus crispus (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > lichen > [noun] > lungwort or lungs of oak hazel rag1565 lungwort1578 lightwort1587 tree lungwort1597 wood liverwort1597 oak-lungs1727 hazel crottles1772 hazelraw1777 lungs of oak1856 1727 E. Smith Compl. Housewife 198 Take a handful of Oak-Lungs, and a handful of French Moss, a handful of Maiden-hair. 1799 M. Underwood Treat. Dis. Children (ed. 4) I. 324 The like good effect has attended an infusion of the oak-lungs. 1832 Gardener's Mag. 8 94 Can you tell me what lichen [sic] it is, which is sold in Covent Garden Market under the names of oak lungs, carrageen, or Irish pearl moss, for medicinal purposes? 1935 Chambers's Cycl. VI. 778/1 Lungwort, or Oak-lungs (Sticta Pulmonaria), a lichen with a foliaceous, leathery, spreading thallus... It grows on trunks of trees in mountainous regions... It has been used in pulmonary diseases. < as lemmas |
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