单词 | black hellebore |
释义 | > as lemmasblack hellebore black hellebore n. either of two hellebores formerly used medicinally, Helleborus officinalis and (now usually) the Christmas rose, H. niger; cf. melampodium n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > hellebores or medicinal hellebores helleboreOE black helleborea1398 padelion1526 neezewort1548 nosewort1563 hellebory1575 melampode1579 neezing wort1591 neezing root1598 poke root1687 melampodium1822 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 1336 His [sc. Argol's] herbe, which is him betake, Is hote Eleborum the blake.] a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. lv. 947 Þe blak elebor is moche more perilous. ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 632 (MED) Of þe white elebre and of þe blacke. ?1550 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Healthe sig. X.vv Cut the beast & put into the wound pouder of blacke Hellebore which wyth his propertie draweth out poysoned humors. 1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 85 There is blacke Hellebore cald Melampodium. 1730 J. Bradstreet Farmers Request 20 I cut a Hole, and put in two or three Roots of black Hellebore, in the outside of the Thigh, about 7 or 8 Inches below the Round-bone. 1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 536 Black Hellebore has been used by some as a purgative emmenagogue, but is now very rarely if ever employed. 1959 P. O'Brian Unknown Shore iii. 83 They browsed among the tinctures, linctuses and throches, mixing themselves small personal prescriptions—mandragora, opium, black hellebore. 2005 D. Burke Compl. Burke's Backyard 156/2 H. niger. The black hellebore. This name refers to the plant's black roots. It's flowers are white. < as lemmas |
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