单词 | soapwort |
释义 | soapwortn. 1. a. One or other of the herbaceous plants belonging to the genus Saponaria, which yield a saponaceous principle; esp. the common species, S. officinalis; also, the genus itself. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Caryophyllaceae (chickweeds and allies) > [noun] > soapwort boritha1382 crowsoapa1400 saponera1400 foam-dockc1500 fuller's grass1526 saponary1526 scour-wort1548 soapwort1548 mock gillyflower1578 soapwort gentian1578 struthion1587 soap-weed1607 gill-run-by-the-street1640 candify1727 saponaria1865 bouncing-Bet1884 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. F.vj Radicula..if we had it here,..myghte be called in english sopewurt or skowrwurt. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 359 The stalkes of Sopewoort are slipperie. 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole 352 The ordinary Sopeworte or Bruiseworte with single flowers is often planted in Gardens. 1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ iii. xxii. 428 Soapwort..heals Cuts,..helps the Stone and Dropsie. a1689 A. Behn tr. A. Cowley Plants in Wks. (1711) III. iv. 374 Soap-Wort, tho' coarse thy Name, thou dost excel In Form, and art enrich'd with fragrant Smell. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Lychnis The Double Sopewort is a Plant of no great Beauty. 1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 3 365 She was farther directed to apply clysters prepared with soap wort. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 952/2 Saponine,..found likewise in plants belonging to the cloveworts, soapworts, and a few other orders. b. As a moth-name (see quot. 1832). ΚΠ 1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 69 The Soap Wort (Hadena Saponariæ..) appears the middle of July..; feeds on the Saponaria officinalis and other plants. 2. U.S. (See quots.) ΚΠ 1845–50 A. H. Lincoln Familiar Lect. Bot. (new ed.) App. 162 Saponaria vaccaria, field soap-wort. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Soap-wort, the root of Vaccaria vulgaris, which, like the aril of the soap-berry, contains saponine. 3. Any plant of the order Sapindaceæ. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Caryophyllaceae (chickweeds and allies) > [noun] > plant belonging to knotworts1845 scleranth1846 soapwort1846 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 383 A very general character of the Soapworts is to have their embryo either curved, or twisted spirally. 1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 707 Soapworts..are well illustrated in the horse-chestnut. Compounds C1. attributive, as soapwort family, soapwort order. ΚΠ 1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. 381 Sapindaceæ, the Soapwort Family. 1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. ii. iii. 481 Sapindaceæ.—The Soapwort Order. C2. soapwort gentian n. †(a) = sense 1; (b) U.S. a variety of gentian. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Caryophyllaceae (chickweeds and allies) > [noun] > soapwort boritha1382 crowsoapa1400 saponera1400 foam-dockc1500 fuller's grass1526 saponary1526 scour-wort1548 soapwort1548 mock gillyflower1578 soapwort gentian1578 struthion1587 soap-weed1607 gill-run-by-the-street1640 candify1727 saponaria1865 bouncing-Bet1884 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Gentianaceae (gentians) > [noun] gentianOE fieldwooda1393 baldmoney1393 caresweeta1400 felwort1526 calathian violet1578 crosswort gentian1578 harvest-bell1597 gentianella1633 blue violet1649 marsh gentian1690 vernal gentian1728 pennywort1817 meadow pink1827 soap-gentian1845 soapwort gentian1845 autumn-bells1863 windflower1866 willow gentian1883 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. 334 Alisma siue Saponaria, Sope~wort Gentian. 1845 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. ii. 303 G. saponaria... Soapwort Gentian. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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