| 单词 | sweet maudlin |
| 释义 | > as lemmassweet maudlin 2. Botany. Either of two aromatic plants, costmary Tanacetum balsamita, and sweet yarrow, Achillea ageratum (more fully sweet maudlin). Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > yielding condiments or used in food preparation > [noun] > used to flavour beer > alecost or costmary costmary?a1425 alecost?c1450 maudlina1475 balm-mint1562 balsam-mint1578 Bible-leaf1851 balsam-tansy1865 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > achillea maudlin1548 knighten-milfoil1578 knighten-yarrow1578 knight's milfoil1578 white tansy1578 achillea1597 maudlin tansy1668 milfoil1789 a1475 J. Russell Bk. Nurture (Harl. 4011) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 126 Gynger valadyne & maydelyn ar not so holsom in mete. 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. D.i Thys is not Eupatorium Mesues, for that is called in englishe Maudlene. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. lxxvi. 250 The second kinde [of Balsamynte] is called..in English Mawdelein. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 524 Maudelein is without doubt a kinde of Costmarie. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xv. 241 They hot Muscado oft with milder Maudlin cast. 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 78 Ageratum purpureum, Purple sweete Maudeline. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 98/2 Small Maudlin hath the stalk full of small slender leaves of whitish green. 1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis 130 Maudlin, is a kind of Agrimony, & flowers about July. 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum (at cited word) Ageratum, Ageratum, off. or Costus Hortorum, is, in English, Maudlin. 1852 G. W. Johnson Cottage Gardeners' Dict. 8/1 Achillea Ageratum (sweet maudlin). 1931 M. Grieve Mod. Herbal I. 227/2 Achillea ageratum (Linn.), the Maudlin or Sweet Milfoil, a native of Italy and Spain, introduced into England in 1570, an aromatic plant with a sweet smell and bitter taste. sweet maudlin sweet maudlin n. < as lemmas |
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