单词 | botanism |
释义 | botanismn. 1. The use of specific plants or plant-based medicines for healing purposes; herbal medicine, botanical medicine. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > [noun] > alternative medicine botanism1668 herbal medicine1848 rhizotomy1872 fringe medicine1960 alternative medicine1974 1668 D. Lloyd Memoires 316 Competent skill in..Physick, and the two parts belonging to it, Chirurgery and Botanism; or a great skill and insight in Herbs and Flowers. 1700 P. Danet Compl. Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. at Medicina The Art is divided into Anatomy, Pathology, Therapeutick, Chymistry, Botanism [Fr. Botanique], and Surgery. 1713 E. Calamy Abridgem. Baxter's Hist. Life & Times (ed. 2) II. 194 He [sc. Samuel Ogden] had a considerable insight into Anatomy, and several parts of Physick; but especially Botanism. 1882 Lancet 7 Jan. 26/2 (heading) Heroic Botanism. 2006 A. J. Durie in D. Clifford et al. Repositioning Victorian Sci. iv. 45 Where it differed from the other fringe movements—mesmerism, galvanism, botanism and even homeopathy—is that it [sc. hydropathy] attracted substantial long-term commercial investment. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > botany > [noun] herbarism1597 botany1647 botanics1658 botanology1658 phytology1658 herbalism1664 botanomy1716 botanism1725 plant science1846 wort-cunning1864 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique Film, a Term in Botanism, signifying the woody Skin which separates the Seeds in the Pods, and keeps them one from the other. 1806 D. Booth Introd. Analyt. Dict. Eng. Lang. 92 Botany would be perfectly signified by the word botanism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1668 |
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