| 单词 | root of the holy ghost |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroot of the Holy Ghost 3. More fully Holy Ghost root, Holy Ghost's root, root of the Holy Ghost. The plant angelica, Angelica archangelica; (also) the root of this plant. Now rare. [After post-classical Latin radix sancti spiritus (1536 or earlier), sancti spiritus radix (1542 or earlier); compare German des Heiligen geysts wurz (1542 or earlier); so called, according to 16th-cent. botanists, either on account of its very sweet smell or its supposed efficacy against poisons.] ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > medicinal and culinary plants > medicinal and culinary plant or part of plant > [noun] > angelica angelica1527 lungwort1552 Holy Ghost1562 alexanders1637 jellico1853 archangel1855 1562 W. Bullein Bk. Simples f. xlv (margin) in Bulwarke of Defence Some call Radix sancti Spiritus the roote of the holie Ghoste. 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 136/2 Sphondylium..the holye ghostes roote: Angelica. 1657 C. Beck Universal Char. sig. K5v/2 A Holy Ghost root herb. ?1841 W. Rhind Hist. Veg. Kingdom xxxii. 309/2 It may be inferred from its common name of angelica, as well as from another name, ‘The Holy Ghost’, which was sometimes given to it, that superstitious virtues were imputed to it. 1863 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants 117 Holy Ghost, so called ‘for the angel-like properties therein’. 1914 T. L. Stedman Pract. Med. Dict. (U.S. ed. 3) 47/1 Angelica. The root of Angelica archangelica. European angelica, garden angelica, Holy Ghost root, an herb of southern and middle Europe; tonic and stimulant expectorant. 2017 S. Casas Old Style Conjure 170 Angelica, or the Holy Ghost root as some call it: worked with in all protection work. < as lemmas |
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