单词 | round birthwort |
释义 | > as lemmasround birthwort round birthwort n. a perennial herbaceous birthwort, Aristolochia rotunda, which is native to southern Europe and has ovate leaves and a round tuber; also called smearwort. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > birthwort > [noun] Aristolochiaa1398 astrologiaa1425 round aristolochia?a1425 Saracen's mint1526 sarazine1526 heartwort1548 round heartwort1548 birthwort1551 round birthwort1551 Saracen's herb1585 Saracen's birth-wort1597 clematite1712 swan-plant1841 serpent-withe1864 1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. D.vi It [sc. Aristolochia rotunda] may be called in Englyshe..round byrthwurte: because it helpeth wymen to brynge furth theyr byrth. 1649 N. Culpeper Physicall Directory 176 Take..Pine Nuts an ounce, Hysop, Maidenhair, Orris, Nettle seeds, round Birthwort, of each one dram and an half. 1747 Gen. Advertiser 8 Sept. 1/2 Take of Round Birthwort, and Paul's Bettony, each eight Handfuls. 1828 R. Thomas Mod. Pract. Physic (ed. 8) 219 Some years ago, the Portland powder, (a compound of bitter ingredients, viz. equal parts of the roots of round birthwort and gentian,..and of the tops of the lesser centaury, all dried,) was much used by gouty people. 2001 M. J. Eadie & P. F. Bladin Dis. once Sacred xvi. 175 A variety of herbs could be prescribed (agaric, hartwort, the fruit and root of cow-parsnip, round birthwort), and the legs were scarified repeatedly. < as lemmas |
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