单词 | brank-ursine |
释义 | brank-ursinen. Bear's breech, Acanthus. (Sometimes also applied to the cow parsnip (Heracleum Sphondylium.) ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Acanthaceae (acanthus) > [noun] sea-docka1400 bear's footc1400 bear claw1543 acanthus1551 brank-ursine1551 bear's breech1565 acanth1648 Malabar nut1694 spirit-leaf1696 spirit weed1699 snap-tree?1711 many-roots1750 ruellia1751 Christmas pride1756 menow weed1756 strobilanthes1836 adelaster1863 bear's breeches1882 1551 W. Turner Herball (1568) i. B j Acanthus is called of ye barbarus wryters branca ursina, in English branke Ursyne. 1563 T. Hill Arte Gardening (1593) 98 Take..of the roots of Bramkersine..a quarter of a pound. 1610 G. Markham Maister-peece ii. clxxiii. 485 Branckvrsin is a wonderfull great mollifier. 1783 Ainsworth's Thes. Linguæ Latinæ (new ed.) ii Acanthus, the herb branch-hircin, as having leaves like a goat's horn; or brank-ursin, or bear's-foot, from its shagginess. 1833 Penny Cycl. I. 68/2 The brank-ursine is identical with the common architectural and sculptural acanthus. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1551 |
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