单词 | spigelia |
释义 | Spigelian. Botany. A genus of plants belonging to the order Loganiaceæ or worm-grass; a plant of this genus, esp. Spigelia marilandica, the pink-root of the southern U.S., the roots and leaves of which are used medicinally. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > non-British medicinal plants > [noun] > medicinal roots > pinkroot > pinkroot plant worm-grass1756 pinkroot1764 Spigelia1822 pink weed1927 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 313 In the latter we may place..the spigelias, and scabiosa Indica. 1859 W. Darlington & G. Thurber Amer. Weeds & Useful Plants 165 Maryland Spigelia. Carolina or Indian Pink. 1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. ii. iii. 591 Loganiaceæ. The Spigelia or Strychnos Order. 1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 600 Spigelia is a most efficient remedy in cases of the roundworm. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1822 |
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