单词 | red saxifrage |
释义 | > as lemmasred saxifrage red saxifrage n. †(a) [after post-classical Latin saxifraga rubea (1500 in the passage translated in quot. 1527)] dropwort, Filipendula vulgaris (family Rosaceae) (obsolete); (b) purple saxifrage, Saxifraga oppositifolia. ΚΠ 1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon ii. xciii. sig. Giiv/1 Water of rede Saxyfrage. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xxviii. 41 Som cal this herb in latin Saxifraga rubea..in English Filipendula, Dropwurte, and Redde Saxifrage. 1706 tr. F. de la Calmette Riverius Reformatus i. 103 Others give a Dram of the Root of red Saxifrage powder'd in Wine. 1822 W. J. Hort Elements French Conversat. 126/2 They often make diet-drinks of germander, saxifrage, celandine, blind nettle and red saxifrage. 1876 Fraser's Mag. Dec. 779/1 A number of dwarf willows..were also seen, and a quantity of small, though lovely Arctic flowers, of which the red saxifrage makes the most show. 1928 L. Mecking tr. O. Nordenskjöld in Geogr. Polar Regions ii. 146 On southern exposures, a wide range of color, size, and species develops, as in the case of the red saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia), of which whole beds occur. < as lemmas |
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