单词 | strychnos |
释义 | Strychnosn. Botany. A genus of plants (N.O. Loganaceæ), including the nux vomica (S. Nux-vomica), the St. Ignatius' bean ( S. Ignatia), and other species. Also, a plant or a species of this genus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Loganiaceae (Strychnos and allies) > [noun] Strychnos1836 mitrewort1856 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxvii. viii. 280 Some..call this hearbe by another name, Strumus, and others give it the Greeke name Strychnos. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Strychnus or Strychnis, an Herb which makes those mad that eat of it.] 1836 J. M. Gully tr. F. Magendie Formulary (ed. 2) 1 In the year 1809 I presented to the senior class of the French Institute an account of a series of experiments which had led to the discovery that a whole vegetable family, the bitter strychni, possessed the property of stimulating the spinal marrow to an extraordinary developement of its functions. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXIII. 152/1 The genus Strychnos, consisting of about twelve species. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1836 |
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