单词 | brooklime |
释义 | brooklimen. A species of Speedwell ( Veronica Beccabunga) common on the edges of ditches; also a kindred species known as Lesser Brooklime or Narrow-leaved Water Speedwell ( V. Anagallis). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Scrophulariaceae (figwort and allies) > [noun] > Veronica or speedwell lemkea1300 God's eye?a1350 waterlink?a1425 brooklimea1450 fluellin1548 Paul's betony1548 wood-penny1570 water pimpernel1575 ground-hele1578 speedwell1578 wild germander1578 germander chickweed1597 leper's herb1600 lime-wort1666 water purpy1683 water-speedwell1690 beccabunga1706 rock speedwell1719 Welsh speedwell1731 germander speedwell1732 St. Paul's betony1736 vernal speedwell1796 wall speedwell1796 cat's-eye1817 wellink1826 skull-cap1846 forget-me-not1853 veronica1855 angels' eyes1862 horse-cress1879 faverel1884 St. Paul's betony1884 a1465 Alphita in Anecdota Oxoniensia ii. 86 Fabaria..anglice lemeke uel lemoke. c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 92 Hleomoce hatte wyrt sio weaxeð on broce. a1387 Sinon. Barthol. in Anecdota Oxoniensia I. i Fabaria, lemke [printed levike].] a1450 MS. Bodl. 536 (Plant names), Brokelemke. a1475 J. Russell Bk. Nurture (Harl. 4011) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 185 Broke lempk..is good for ache. 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. C.iv Called in englishe Brooklem, and in Duche Bauchbung. 1551 W. Turner New Herball 98 Broocklyme. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 495 Brookelime or Brooklem, hath fat, thicke stalkes. 1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry 97 Take Brokelempe [1668 brooklime] the lesse, and frie it with Tallow. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. xii. 267 Nor is there any other useful vegetable here worth mentioning, except brook-lime. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xii. 130 Other species are common by the sides of ditches and brooks, whence they have the name of Water Speedwell or Brooklime. 1846 Sowerby's Eng. Bot. (1866) VI. 169 The leaves and young stems of the Brooklime were once in favour as an antiscorbutic. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1450 |
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