单词 | rattleweed |
释义 | rattleweedn. 1. Chiefly U.S. Black cohosh, Cimicifuga (or Actaea) racemosa (family Ranunculaceae). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants yielding poison > plants yielding insecticide or used to repel insects > [noun] fly-bane1597 bugbane1723 timbo1725 fly-agaric1788 rattleweed1793 cube1924 1793 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 3 114 Actæa racemosa (American Bane-berry, Black Snake-root, Rattle-weed). 1851 R. Glisan Jrnl. Army Life (1874) vi. 70 The rattle-weed..derives its name from the fact that its pod is full of loose seed, and makes a rattling noise when dry. 1892 C. F. Millspaugh Medicinal Plants 11-1 Cimifuga..black cohosh, black snake-root,..rattle-weed, rattle-root. 1908 A. R. Harding Ginseng & Other Medicinal Plants (rev. ed.) xxi. 257 The rattling of seeds in the pod as the wind passes over them has given rise to the common names..rattleweed, rattletop and rattleroot. 1987 Gettysburg (Pa.) Times 25 Aug. b6/2 Black cohosh is also known as black snakeroot, rattleweed..and squaw root... Many herbalists still recommend it for a long list of disorders. 2003 Daily Mail (Nexis) 14 July 23 Black cohosh is a member of the buttercup family also known as..rattleweed. It is believed to contain substances which have an oestrogen-like effect in the body. 2. Any of various plants of the family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae); spec. those of the genus Crotalaria (cf. rattlebox n. 2a) or Astragalus (astragalus n.), both of which are poisonous to livestock when eaten in quantity. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [noun] > other leguminous plants peaseOE vetchc1400 hatchet vetch1548 mock liquorice1548 scorpion's tail1548 ax-fitch1562 ax-seed1562 axwort1562 treacle clover1562 lady's finger1575 bird's-foot1578 goat's rue1578 horseshoe1578 caterpillar1597 kidney-vetch1597 horseshoe-vetch1640 goat rue1657 kidney-fetch1671 galega1685 stanch1726 scorpion senna1731 Dolichos1753 Sophora1753 partridge pea1787 bauhinia1790 coronilla1793 swamp pea-tree1796 Mysore thorn1814 devil's shoestring1817 pencil flower1817 rattlebox1817 Canavalia1828 milk plant1830 joint-vetch1836 milk pea1843 prairie clover1857 oxytrope1858 rattleweed1864 wart-herb1864 snail-flower1866 poison pea1884 masu1900 money bush1924 Townsville stylo1970 orange bird's-foot2007 1864 9th Ann. Rep. Maine Board Agric. i. 45 Last year nothing grew on the field where it had been applied but rattle-weed. 1883 Harper's Mag. Mar. 503/1 The loco, or rattle-weed, met with also in California, drives them [sc. horses] raving crazy. 1907 W. J. Clarke Mod. Sheep 269 The ‘loco’ weed is probably the Astragalus molissimus... When ripe, the seeds..rattle in the pod, and on this account it is known under then name of ‘rattleweed’. 1931 W. N. Clute Common Names Plants 110 Crotalaria sagitalis..is frequently known as rattle-box or rattle-weed. 1980 N. N. Dodge 100 Roadside Wildflowers Southwest Uplands (rev. ed.) Pl. 34 Straightstem loco. Poison vetch,..Rattleweed..Astragalus praelongus. 3. English regional. Bladder campion, Silene vulgaris. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Caryophyllaceae (chickweeds and allies) > [noun] > campion and ragged robin cow-rattle14.. campion1576 behen1578 crowsoap1578 white campion1578 catchfly1597 feather-top wild campion1597 frothy poppy1597 lime-wort1597 nonsuch1597 sea campion1597 spattling poppy (also campion)1597 Greek rose1601 lychnis1601 knap-bottle1640 moss pink1641 Lobel's catchfly1664 red robin1678 moss campion1690 red campion1728 round robin1741 Silene1751 Nottingham catchfly1762 silenal1836 Robin Hood1844 thunder-flower1853 gunpowder weed1860 sea-catchfly1864 robin redbreast1880 poppy1886 thunderbolt1886 rattleweed1893 cancer1896 bladder-campion- 1893 G. E. Dartnell & E. H. Goddard Gloss. Words Wilts. 131 Rattle-weed, Silene inflata, L., Bladder Campion.—N.W. (Lyneham.). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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