单词 | panax |
释义 | panaxn. Originally: any of various plants reputed to have universal healing powers, esp. Opopanax chironium. Later (in form Panax): a genus of perennial herbs of the family Araliaceaenative to eastern Asia and North America, including ginseng, P. ginseng, and American ginseng, P. quinquefolius, whose roots are used medicinally; (also panax) a plant of this genus.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) II. 1058. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Araliaceae family or plants > [noun] panax?a1200 petit morelc1425 aralia1756 petty morel1778 pigeonweed1785 shot-bush1785 ginseng1818 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > names applied to various plants or parts boneworteOE springworteOE atterlothec1000 halswortc1000 bruisewortOE motherworta1200 panax?a1200 bloodworta1300 serpentinea1400 tutsana1400 wartworta1400 wormseeda1400 grace of God?c1400 nailworta1425 Gratia Dei?c1425 sanguinaryc1440 panacea1522 parthenium1548 woundwort1548 wart-weed1573 cardiaca1578 hermodactyl1578 panacea1590 holy seed1597 whitlow-grass1597 feverwort1611 fever and ague root1676 rattlesnake root1682 snake-root1712 cancer root1714 fever-root1739 strongback1739 rheumatism root1835 heal-all1853 wound-weed1857 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > specific plant > reputed all-healing herb panax?a1200 panacea1522 panacea1590 ?a1200 (?OE) Peri Didaxeon (1896) 33 Nym..narð and pintreowes sæp and panic [L. panaco]..and syle hym drince. ?a1200 (?OE) Peri Didaxeon (1896) 37 Nim..fearres smere fif scillinga wyht and panecis [L. opopanacum] fif scillinga ȝewyht. ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 212 (MED) We schal..nede..medecynes drienge þe moystnesse..as..panax [L. panax], i. þe herbe þat opoponak is made of. a1475 Bk. Hawking in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 307 (MED) Take poudere of canell and the jus of panys and the jus of frankecoste and medill to gedere, and yef thy hawke. a1560 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Aeneid (1584) xii. l. 446 The fragrant sappe that Panax soote doth make. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 37 The herbe called Horstrange, Panax, Opopanax, Fleabane. 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Opopanax, a sappe or liquor flowing in some hot Countries out of a Plant called Panax. It is brought hither dry, being of a yellow colour on the outside, and white within. a1627 T. Middleton Witch (1945) iii. iii. 1316 Marmaritin and Mandragora, thou wouldst say. heer's Pannax too. 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum at Panax Heraclea vera siculneo folio The true Panax has several large, broad, green leaves growing next the ground. 1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. III. 2319/1 Panax, ginseng, in botany, a genus of the pentandria digynia class of plants. 1790 S. Deane New-Eng. Farmer 203/1 Panax, Ginseng, or Ninseng..is a native of our country, and is become a considerable article of commerce. 1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 1070 The famous ginseng, which is produced by a Panax, is reputed to have powerful tonic, restorative, and even aphrodisiacal qualities. 1863 Philos. Trans. 1862 (Royal Soc.) 152 1077 It is rather like the fruits of Panax, but the middle partition is wanting. 1925 Amer. Midland Naturalist 9 442 Among the Dicotyledones an early appearance of secondary tissues in the primary root is a sure sign [of becoming perennial] (certain Umbelliferae, Claytonia, Panax, Galactia). 1993 Wildflower Spring 25/2 The family includes our two Panax species and several members of the Aralia genus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1200 |
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