单词 | spiderwort |
释义 | spiderwortn. Botany. a. One or other plant of the liliaceous genus Anthericum (earlier Phalangium). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Liliaceae family or plants > [noun] > other plants one-blade1578 one-leaf1578 spiderwort1597 star of Bethlehem1629 ague-grass1687 unifoil1688 redroot1709 bellwort1785 eucomisc1804 uvularia1836 paintroot1853 twisted stalk1856 Barbados onion1866 fly-poison1866 shepherd's joy1884 onion weed1909 mondo1956 1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 45 In English it is called Spiderwoort..for this cause..; The leaues..stand vpon the ground with long legs, and the knees bowing vp like the spiders legs when he creepeth. 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole xv. 152 The vnbranched Spiderwort most commonly flowereth before all the other. 1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ iii. xxii. 418 Spiderwort..is Alexipharmick and cures the biting of all venomous beasts. 1705 A. Behn tr. A. Cowley Plants in Wks. (1711) III. iv. 379 Thou Spider-Wort dost with the Monster strive, And from the conquer'd Foe thy Name derive. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Phalangium Branched Spider-wort... Unbranched Spider-wort... African Spider-wort [etc.]. 1751 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. II. 375 The plane-leaved and simple-stalked Anthericum, single-stalked spiderwort. 1763 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry III. 312 The spiderwort,..the lesser spearwort, the butterwort, have evidently suspicious marks. b. mountain or saffron spiderwort (see quots.). ΚΠ 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 339 Anthericum serotinum, Mountain Saffron. Saffron Spiderwort. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1083 Spiderwort,..Mountain, Lloydia serotina. 2. One or other of the plants belonging to the genus Tradescantia; esp. T. virginica, Virginian spiderwort.Parkinson states that he originated this use. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Commelinaceae > [noun] > spiderwort day-flower1601 spiderwort1629 Tradescantia1757 oyster plant1811 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole xv. 152 Phalangium Ephemerum virginianum Ioannis Tradescant,..Tradescant his Spider~wort. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 109/2 The Virginia Spider-Wort, or Day Flower,..is..on the back of a sullen yellowish hue. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Ephemeron Virginian Spider-wort, with a small blue Flower, commonly call'd John Tradescant's Spider-wort. 1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. iii. 312 You have besides, the scarlet Lichnis, Virginian Spiderwort. 1829 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants 260 (table) Tradescantia. Spiderwort..common,..rose-flowered,..thick-leaved [etc.]. 1831 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. I. 154 The Virginian Spider-wort..is distinguished by its erect, succulent stem. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1159/2 Tradescantia virginica is the Common Spiderwort of gardens. 1882 Garden 1 Apr. 212/2 This rare and beautiful Spiderwort is now finely in flower. 3. Savoy spiderwort n. the hemerocallis or day-lily; also, †a variety of Tradescantia. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > allied flowers dog's tooth1578 daylily1597 mountain saffron1597 phalangium1608 Savoy spiderwort1629 hemerocallis1648 tuberose1664 St Bruno's lily1706 superb lily1731 agapanthus1789 Spanish squill1790 erythronium1797 Tritoma1804 Spanish harebell1808 veltheimia1808 adder's tongue1817 bunch flower1818 Puschkinia1820 hedychium1822 eremurus1836 flame lily1841 lily pink1848 mountain spiderwort1849 lloydia1850 kniphofia1854 garland-flower1866 red-hot poker1870 swamp-lover1878 African lily1882 flame-flower1882 Scarborough lily1882 wood-lily1882 St. Bernard lily1883 torch-lily1884 rajanigandha1885 ginger lily1892 chinkerinchee1904 snow lily1907 sand lily1909 avalanche lily1912 Spanish bluebell1924 mountain lily1932 chink1949 poker1975 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole 150 Phalangium Allobrogicum, the Sauoye Spiderwort. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 99/2 Savoy Spider-wort hath thin small sedgy leaves of a whitish green. 1721 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husb. II. 236 Spider Wort. The Italian and the Savoy are the only ones fit for your choice. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Ephemeron Virginian Spider-wort, with a large azure Flower, commonly call'd the Savoy Spider-wort. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 327 Spider~wort, Great Savoy, Hemerocallis. 1829 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants 260 (table) Hemerocallis... Liliastrum... Savoy-Spiderw [ort] . 4. Any plant belonging to the order Commelynaceæ, which includes the genus Tradescantia. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Commelinaceae > [noun] Commeline1755 spiderwort1846 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > non-British flowers > of south or tropical America marvel of Peru1597 flower of the night1665 world's wonder1706 butterfly flower1731 mirabilis1754 four o'clock flower1756 bastard mustard1759 Browallia1782 bastard plantain1796 cleome1806 alonsoa1812 gloxinia1816 schizanthus1823 butterfly plant1825 petunia1825 sinningia1826 salpiglossis1827 mask flower1834 poinsettia1836 guaco1844 spiderwort1846 mist flower1848 balisier1858 spider flower1861 sun plant1862 eucharis1866 pretty-by-night1869 Rocky Mountain bee plant1870 urn-flower1891 tulip-poppy1909 smithiantha1917 poor man's orchid1922 ten o'clock1953 tiger-iris- 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 188 The Spiderworts are plants which exhibit a transition from the first remove out of the regions of sedge-like plants to the true Lilies. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 228/1 Cartonema, the generic name of one of the Spiderworts. 5. U.S. A plant of the genus Cleome, belonging to the caper family. ΚΠ 1846–50 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. 172 Cleome pungens, Spiderwort... A common garden plant, with curious purple flowers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1597 |
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