单词 | berber |
释义 | † berbern.1 Scottish. Obsolete. = barberry n.From Berberis (stem berberid-). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > barberry bush barbarync1400 barberryc1420 berbera1500 pipperidge1538 St John's berry1561 barberry-bush1578 bearberry1625 barberry-tree1813 berberid1847 jaundice-berry1858 agarita1891 a1500 Awntyrs Arthure (Douce) 121 Of box and of berber bigged ful bene. 1878 M. E. Braddon Open Verdict xxv. 176 The shining leaves of bay and berberis. Derivatives ˈberberal adj. Botany of or related to the Barberry, or genus Berberis; applied by Lindley to the ‘alliance’ including the family Berberidaceæ. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [adjective] > of plants producing edible berries > of other edible berry plants susumber1814 berberal1866 loganberry1926 soapolallie1937 salmon berry1971 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 136 Lindley includes the order in his Berberal Alliance. ˈberberid n. any member of the family to which the barberry belongs. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > barberry bush barbarync1400 barberryc1420 berbera1500 pipperidge1538 St John's berry1561 barberry-bush1578 bearberry1625 barberry-tree1813 berberid1847 jaundice-berry1858 agarita1891 1847 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom (ed. 2) 421 Anonads are connected with Berberids through Bocagea. Categories » berberiˈdaceous adj. belonging to the family Berberidaceæ, of which the barberry is the type. berbeˈrideous adj. belonging to the tribe Berberideæ which includes the barberry. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Berberidaceae (lion's leaf) > [adjective] berberideous1852 1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. II. xviii. 171 It was perhaps a tree of the berberideous family. berˈberia n. a yellow bitter principle, obtained from the barberry and other plants. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > neutral substances from plants > bitter principles > [noun] quassin1819 colocynthin1830 plumbagin1830 colocynthite1838 quassite1838 amarine1839 rhamnin1843 maticin1844 limonin1845 serpentarin1847 rubian1848 humulin1854 pinipicrin1859 ilicin1861 physalin1863 scrophularin1868 lobelacrin1874 berberia1876 berberine1876 citrulline1882 tigline1900 1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 725 Berberia is an alkaloid found abundantly in the common barberry. ˈberberine n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > neutral substances from plants > bitter principles > [noun] quassin1819 colocynthin1830 plumbagin1830 colocynthite1838 quassite1838 amarine1839 rhamnin1843 maticin1844 limonin1845 serpentarin1847 rubian1848 humulin1854 pinipicrin1859 ilicin1861 physalin1863 scrophularin1868 lobelacrin1874 berberia1876 berberine1876 citrulline1882 tigline1900 1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 778 Contains a considerable amount of berberine. 1880 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Berberin is..given as a bitter tonic in dyspepsia. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Berbern.2adj. A. n.2 A name given by the Arabs to the indigenous people west and south of Egypt; applied by modern ethnologists to any member of the great North African stock to which belong the indigenous peoples of Barbary and the Tuwariks of the Sahara. ΘΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of North Africa > [noun] > Berbers > person Amazigh1823 Berber1842 Berberee1852 Berberine1875 1842 J. C. Prichard Nat. Hist. Man 261 In the Northern parts of Atlas, these people are called Berbers. 1883 R. N. Cust Sketch Mod. Langs. Afr. I. 98 Strictly speaking a Moor must be a native of Mauritania, and a Berber, and the term could not be applied with propriety to an Arab. B. adj. Of or pertaining to the Berbers or their language; applied (often absol.) to one of the three great subdivisions of the Hamitic group, called also Lybian and Amazirg, containing, according to Cust, nine North African languages. ΘΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Afro-Asiatic > [adjective] > of Berber languages Tuareg1826 Amazigh1837 Shilha1841 Berber1854 1854 R. G. Latham Varieties Human Race in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 367 The Amazirg tongues are often called Berber. 1883 R. N. Cust Sketch Mod. Langs. Afr. I. 104 The Berber Family of Languages is one of striking unity. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1a1500n.2adj.1842 |
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