单词 | ruewort |
释义 | > as lemmasruewort ruewort n. (a) the common rue, Ruta graveolens (see sense 1a) (obsolete); (b) (J. Lindley's name for) any plant of the family Rutaceae (see rue family n.) (now rare). ΚΠ ?a1500 in G. Henslow Med. Wks. 14th Cent. (1899) 53 (MED) For to make greyne-tret, þat ys y-callyd gratia dei: Take pigle, bugle, sanigle, dytayne, scabiose, rewe-wort. 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 470 The Cneoreæ..seem to be a form of this Order of Rueworts. 1902 C. L. Pollard Families of Flowering Plants 145 The only reliable means of distinguishing the rueworts from allied families is by the glandular-dotted foliage. < as lemmas |
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