单词 | briançon |
释义 | Briançonn. Now rare. Briançon manna n. (also manna of Briançon) a (dried) sugary substance, formerly used medicinally as a mild laxative, which contains the sugar melezitose and is produced by certain insects, esp. aphids of the genus Cinara, feeding on the sap of the European larch, Larix decidua; cf. manna n.1 3, honeydew n. 1.Briançon manna was previously thought to be exuded from the needles of L. decidua. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > purgative > plant-derived scammonyc1000 lign-aloesc1374 hiera picra1379 rhubarbc1390 aloea1398 cassia fistulaa1398 coloquintidaa1398 senec1400 turpethc1400 coloquintc1420 diagrydium1436 lignum aloes1525 rhabarbarum1533 xylaloes1540 manna1541 scilla1548 hyera?1550 emblic1555 diasenna1562 colocynth1565 tragonce1575 pinyon1577 mechoacan1587 lignum aquilae1600 gamboge1615 dragon-root1621 helleborism1621 diaprune1625 alhandal1630 makinboy1652 luskard1653 diagrydiate1657 physic nut1657 aloetic1661 scammoniate1665 jalap1675 aloedary1683 coloquinto1683 Briançon manna1688 liquorice powder1712 coloquintid1732 castor oil1746 senna-tea1752 higry pigry1773 Turkey rhubarb1789 argel1803 hickery-pickery1816 cathartin1823 aloin1828 croton oil1829 jalapin1832 syrmaea1833 bryonin1836 gambogic acid1837 Podophyllum1844 podophyllin1851 geropiga1852 hicra picra1857 Montpellier turpeth1860 picra1860 tallicoona oil1866 scammonin1868 pharbitisin1873 cascara sagrada1879 senna-draught1879 tambor-oil1890 syrup of figs1897 pharbitin1899 1688 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified (ed. 2) 166 The Manna of Briancon. 1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening v. 101 The Manna of Calabria, and of Briancon, are only the Transudation of a Humour that breaths out of..Larch-Trees. 1754 J. Hill Useful Family Herbal 17 There is a kind of Manna used in France called the Briançon Manna, this is produced by the Larch-Tree. 1818 S. F. Gray Suppl. Pharmacopœias 125 Briançon manna. Manna laricis. Exuded from the leaves of the larch in Dauphiny; laxative, but weaker than that of the ash. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 718/2 Manna of Briançon, a turpentiny saccharine exudation from the larch. 1934 C. C. Steele Introd. Plant Biochem. iii. viii. 82 Melicitose or Melizitose occurs in various exudations from trees; e.g. Briançon manna from Larch twigs (Larix europæa). 1980 Bull. Hist. Med. 54 333 Physicians in the department [of the High-Alps] often prescribed remedies which included local herbs, such as gentian, Briançon manna, violet, blackberry root and giant centaury. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1688 |
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