单词 | rhatany root |
释义 | > as lemmasrhatany root More fully rhatany root. The astringent root of any of several South American shrubs of the genus Krameria (family Krameriaceae), used medicinally or as an additive in making port. Also: any of these plants or (more widely) any other plant of the genus Krameria or the family Krameriaceae. Cf. Krameria n., ratanhia n.The rhatany of commerce is chiefly obtained from the root of Krameria lappacea from Peru, but other plants are also used, including the Brazilian species K. argentea and (more fully Savanilla rhatany) K. ixine of Colombia.false rhatany: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [noun] > rhatany ratanhia1804 rhatany1808 false rhatany1839 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > non-British medicinal trees or shrubs > rhatany ratanhia1804 rhatany1846 Krameria1855 1808 R. Reece in Med. Observer 1 434 Some time ago I introduced to the notice of the faculty a new medicine, under the name of the Rhatany Root. 1846 Mag. Hort. Sept. 63 The true Ratanhia, Rattany, or Rhatany is the Krameria triandra of botanists; a half shrubby plant, growing in Peru. 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 378 The Kramerias,..called Rhatany-roots. 1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. ii. iii. 487 Our supplies at present being chiefly derived from an unknown species, a native of New Granada, and which is called Savanilla Rhatany. 1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 565 Rhatany lozenges..will..relieve the symptoms. 1905 J. Humphrey Materia Medica 250 Neither Para nor Peruvian rhatany possess any odour, but the bark of both kinds has a strongly astringent taste. 1951 Ecol. Monogr. 21 393/1 Ratany (Krameria parvifolia) extends from the lower band of creosotebush, through the white thorn, and well into the creosotebush above. 1989 Flora Neotropica 49 37/2 K. lappacea always remained the official Krameria, or the ‘true rhatany’ of international commerce. 1996 Castanea 61 277 (heading) Krameriaceae (Rhatany family). < as lemmas |
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