单词 | peony root |
释义 | > as lemmaspeony root peony root n. ΚΠ ?a1450 tr. Macer Herbal (Stockh.) (1949) 159 (MED) Þis childe was wont for to bere abowte his nekke a pyonye roote. 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. E.viijv Peony roote is hote in the fyrst and dry in the thyrde degree. 1687 Philos. Trans. 1686–7 (Royal Soc.) 16 298 A receipt to cure Mad Dogs... Agrimony Roots, Primrose Roots, Dragon Roots, Single Peony Roots, [etc.]. 1727 J. Tristram Ill State of Physick in Great Brit. 29 The Male Peony Root..may be added. 1872 Atlantic Monthly June 749/2 An ancient physician highly commends this necklace of the peony root for the cure of epilepsy. 1986 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 106 58 Peony root was the primary ingredient in a blend..which was used to dispel the ‘poisonous vapors’ of animal viscera. < as lemmas |
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