单词 | physic garden |
释义 | physic gardenn. Now historical. A garden for the cultivation of medicinal plants. In later use also: a botanic garden. Cf. medical garden n. at medical adj. and n. Compounds, physical garden n. at physical adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > [noun] > medicinal garden physic garden1616 physical garden1675 1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) ii. xlvii. 235 The late king of France caused his physicke garden [Fr. Iardin Medecinal] to be made in the Vniuersitie of Montpellier, being all raised vpon bankes or heights one aboue another. 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole ii. i. 473 Unto these three I should adde a Physicke Garden, or Garden of Simples. c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 181 We went to see the Colledge..to this the Physique-Garden lyes, where is a noble Palme tree... It has also very fine Waterworkes in it. 1699 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 21 63 Rare and non-descript Plants,..cultivated either in publick Physick-Gardens, or those of private curious Persons. 1756 T. Amory Life John Buncle I. 244 They had every thing in perfection in their kitchen garden and physic garden. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 314 A very curious physic-garden, which contains the choicest exotics. 1814 Hist. Univ. Oxf. II. 241 In 1715, John Robinson..presented many curious exotic plants to the Physic Garden. 1879 Handbk. Univ. Oxf. 59 The Botanic Garden, formerly known as the Physic Garden, was founded in the year 1622. 1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 208 Careful wives grew Sea Holly in the physic garden. 1991 National Trust Mag. Spring 25/1 The Trust is reviving the more manageably sized physic garden nearby. 2003 Independent 19 Apr. (Mag.) 15/2 Hans Sloane is only one of the many extraordinary figures associated with the garden's history, but this is the 250th year of his death and the Chelsea Physic Garden isn't the only institution organising an exhibit to celebrate his madly energetic life as physician, collector, scientist, entrepreneur. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1616 |
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