单词 | buck-bean |
释义 | buck-beann. Herbalism. A water plant ( Menyanthes trifoliata) common in bogs in Britain, and widely diffused over the northern hemisphere; it bears racemes of pinkish white flowers. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > buckbean buck-bean1578 marsh clover1597 marsh trefoil1597 water trefoil1597 bog bean1785 threefold1788 water trefoil1860 bog hop1866 bog trefoil1884 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. lxxviii. 542 Of Buckes Beanes—Marrishe Trefoyl..This herbe is called..in Brabant, Bocxboonen that is to say Bockes Beanes, bycause it is like the leaues of the common Beane. 1676 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 743 Several men cured of the Gout by a decoction of Trifolium palustre (Marsh-trefoil or Buck-beans). 1755 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 431/2 Two or three dishes of chocolate..or two dishes of buc~bean tea. 1791 T. Martyn tr. J. J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. (ed. 3) xvi. 176 Marsh Trefoil, Buckbean, or Bog-bean. 1863 S. Baring-Gould Iceland 191 The broad leaves of the buckbean float on the red water. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 736 The beautiful Buckbean or Marsh Trefoil..a most desirable acquisition to ornamental ponds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1578 |
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