单词 | blite |
释义 | bliten. Herbalism. Book-name for various plants of the family Chenopodiaceæ: esp. Wild Spinach ( C. Bonus-Henricus), Amaranthus blitum, various species of Atriplex, and the genus Blitum (strawberry blite n. at strawberry n. Compounds 3a). Formerly also for Garden Spinach. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Chenopodiaccae (goose-foot and allies) > [noun] > other plants of the Chenopodiaceae blitec1420 strawberry spinach1731 Malabar nightshade1760 tick-seed1760 epazote1848 c1420 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 291 Iche erthe ywrought nowe blite wol multiplie. 1551 W. Turner Herball (1568) i. F vi b It may be called in englyshe a blyte or a blete. 1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health lxxxiv. 77 Bleete..is used for a pot herbe among others. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 76 Bleets seeme to be dull, vnsauorie and foolish Woorts, hauing no tast nor quicknesse at all. 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Abscess Give 'em Lettice or Blites chopped small. 1796 C. Marshall Gardening (1813) xix. 350 Mulberry blight, or more properly blite..whose fruit resembles a red unripe mulberry. 1853 A. Soyer Pantropheon 68 Blit was eaten boiled, when nothing better was to be had. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1420 |
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