单词 | st johns-wort |
释义 | St John's-wortn. 1. Any plant of the genus Hypericum (see hypericum n. 1); esp. H. perforatum (see perforate St John's-wort n. at perforate adj. Compounds), the flowers and foliage of which are used in herbal medicines, originally for a wide variety of purposes including the treatment of wounds and of pulmonary, urinary, and nervous diseases. Frequently with distinguishing word. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Guttiferae (St. John's wort and allies) > [noun] velderudea1300 grace of God?c1400 floure jonett1423 St John's-wort?a1425 St. Peter's wort1526 hypericum1538 St John's grass1538 johnswort1710 scare-devil1751 orange grass1811 pineweed1814 nit-weed1818 guttifer1846 rose of Sharon1849 amber1861 goatweed1915 Klamath weed1922 ?a1425 (a1400) Alphita (Sloane 284) (1887) 177 Scopa regia,..seint Joneswert. c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 84v Ypericon, þat ys, seynt Ionys wort. 1526 Grete Herball ccxix. sig. N.iiv De Iperyco. Herbe Iohn[n], or saynt Iohaunis worte. 1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. E.iij A kynde of hyperici, called in englishe saint Iohns grass, or saynt Iohns wurt. 1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis i. ii. 4 Asswaging the heat with Oyle extracted from St. Iohns-woort. 1686 J. Ray Hist. Plantarum II. 1019 Small St. Johns-wort, with Money-wort leaves. 1785 T. Martyn in tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxv. 376 Upright Saint-John's wort is an elegant species, growing in woods and heaths. 1856 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Flower Garden 102 The large St. John's Wort..has a very showy flower, almost filled with a silky tasselled tuft of stamens with red anthers... Tutsan is a hardy shrubby St. John's Wort. 1884 Amer. Naturalist 18 627 Why does sky-blue prevail among the veronicas, while yellow predominates in the St. Johnsworts, and white in the umbellates? 1907 Jrnl. Folk-Song Soc. 3 16 Both St. John's-wort and vervain are famous throughout Europe as magical plants. 1988 Nature Conservancy May 27/1 Hot, dry, and rocky, the glade soil supports such plant species as a globally rare St. John's-wort (Hypericum dolabriforme ) and the crested coralroot orchid (Hexalectris spicata). 2010 Church Times 30 July 32/4 I think of the dragon-flies helicoptering over my ponds, the blazing St John's wort, the children bumping down the farm track on their bikes. 2. Any of numerous ready-made commercial preparations containing an extract of the flowers and leaves of perforate St John's-wort and formulated in tablet or capsule form, used as a natural remedy for mild anxiety and depression. ΚΠ 1989 Vegetarian Times Dec. 60/1 (advt.) Prima Standardized St. John's Wort offers new, breakthrough results. 1998 R. A. Ricker Smart Guide Vitamins & Healing Suppl. v. 112 Some sources warn against taking tyrosine with the natural mood elevator St. John's Wort. 2008 Guardian 9 Oct. (G2 section) 3/4 Around two million Britons take St. John's Wort regularly. 2015 Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 2 July 17 People need to start thinking of St John's wort, and other herbal medicines, as a drug and seek advice from a qualified healthcare practitioner to be sure they use it safely. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1425 |
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