| 单词 | pukeweed |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspukeweed pukeweed n. North American (now historical) Indian tobacco, Lobelia inflata, an erect, usually branched herb bearing racemes of bluish-violet or white flowers, which yields the alkaloid lobeline and was formerly used as an emetic. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > medicinal and culinary plants > medicinal and culinary plant or part of plant > [noun] > Indian tobacco Indian tobaccoa1618 pukeweed1830 lobelia1849 1830 C. S. Rafinesque Med. Flora U.S. II. 22 Lobelia inflata. Names..Vulgar. Indian Tobacco, Wild Tobacco, Emetic Weed, Puke Weed. 1925 Sci. Monthly Aug. 207 For lobelia or the puke weed Bartram made such remarkable claims that the passage is quoted verbatim. 1994 J. S. Haller Med. Protestants 41 Thomson established an alternative system of medical treatment. He depended most heavily on lobelia (his ‘pukeweed’). < as lemmas |
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