| 单词 | water dropwort |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater dropwort 2. A name for species of Œnanthe (esp. Œ. fistulosa), often distinguished as water dropwort, hemlock (water) dropwort, Œ. crocata. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > water-parsley or aquatic umbellifers water parsley1562 marsh parsley1582 hemlock (water) dropwort1597 water parsnip1597 water lovage1633 five-fingered root1747 marshwort1776 fool's watercress1837 sap-wort1844 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > rosaceous plants > [noun] > meadow-sweet or dropwort meadworteOE meadsweeta1400 bridewort?a1450 meadowsweet1530 filipendula1548 goat's beard?1550 dropwort1597 queen of the meadow1597 mock-willow1633 meadow queena1637 queen of the prairie1852 honey-sweet1880 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 900 There be diuers sorts of Dropwoorts, some of the champion or fertill pastures..and some of the water. 1747 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 566/1 4 children had eaten the roots of the Oenanthe aquatica cicutæ facie (hemlock-dropwort). 1835 W. J. Hooker Brit. Flora 131 Oenanthe Water Drop-wort. water dropwort water dropwort n. any of the umbelliferous plants constituting the genus Oenanthe, which typically grow in water or wet ground, and often are poisonous owing to the presence of oenanthotoxin and related compounds, esp. in their tuberous roots; frequently with distinguishing word. ΚΠ 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum xvi. 1232 There are two sorts of this Water Dropwort, a greater and a lesser. 1780 P. Luckombe Tour through Ireland 203 These islands are covered mostly with oak, ash, hazel, and birch; at the feet of which grow fern, pollypodium, and water dropwort. 1838 B. H. Barton & T. Castle Brit. Flora Medica II. 396 The other species are less common, but all are poisonous, except the Pimpernel Water-Dropwort, (Œ. Pimpinelloides,) found in salt marshes, the tubers of which, in its cultivated state, are nutritive. 1946 A. Nelson Princ. Agric. Bot. xxii. 452 The fresh root of water dropwort is reported as fatal when consumed by cattle. 2004 Guardian 6 May i. 28/6 Rarities include the corky-fruited water dropwort. < as lemmas |
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