| 单词 | queen's herb |
| 释义 | > as lemmasqueen's herb ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding drug or narcotic > [noun] > tobacco-plant nicotian1577 queen mother herb1577 queen's herb1577 tobacco1577 nicotiana1600 Frenchman1693 sot-weed1698 tobacco-plant1761 1577 J. Frampton tr. N. Monardes Three Bookes ii. f. 42 Some haue called this Hearbe the Queenes herbe, because it was firste sente vnto her. 1659 G. Everard Panacea 4 Shee..admiring at it, as being a new Universall Remedy, gave it her Name; and after that, all France over, it was called the Queens Herb. 1793 G. Riley Beauties of Creation (ed. 2) V. 77 Tobacco, says Pomet,..is called Nicotiana, because Mr. J. Nicot, a French ambassador in Portugal,..brought it into France to the queen regent; upon which account it was likewise called the Queen's Herb. 1826 Times 1 Dec. 3/6 When it first appeared in France it was called Nicotiana, from the name of the person who brought it there from Portugal; it was also called queen's herb, because this person presented some of it to Catherine de Medicis. 1966 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 79 592 L'herbe de la Reine,..in honor of Catherine de' Medici (italian, herba regina; English ‘Queen's herb’).] < as lemmas |
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