| 单词 | wild madder |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswild madder wild madder n. a scrambling plant, Rubia peregrina, of the madder family, with rough stems, whorled leaves, and greenish flowers, which is found in rocky places and scrub esp. near the sea in southern and western Europe (including south-west England, Wales, and Ireland); formerly also, hedge bedstraw, Galium mollugo. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Rubiaceae or Galiaceae (bedstraw, etc.) > [noun] wild madderc1450 crudwort15.. Our Lady bedstraw1527 Our Lady's bedstraw1543 galion1548 maidenhair1548 purple goose-grass1548 cheese renning1578 crosswort1578 golden mugget1578 petty mugget1578 lady's bedstraw1585 maid's hair1597 cheese rennet1599 runnet1678 field madder1684 mugweed1690 rondeletia1739 Richardia1755 petty madder1760 madderlen1770 galium1785 Sherardia1785 joint-grass1790 mugwort1796 bluet1818 bedstraw1820 madderwort1845 hundredfold1853 honeywort1863 c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 570/10 Candeo, wylde madur. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. lxxiii. 537 There be two sortes of Madder, the tame Madder..and the wild Madder. 1776 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Veg. Great Brit. I. 81 Madder..Mollugo..Goosegrass... Wild Madder. Great Bastard Madder. 1960 S. Ary & M. Gregory Oxf. Bk. Wild Flowers 48/1 Wild Madder..is a rather rare plant of hedgebanks and scrub in the south and west. 1961 R. W. Butcher New Illustr. Brit. Flora II. 409 Rubia Peregrina L. The Wild Madder is a stout, often evergreen perennial... It occurs chiefly in scrubland near the sea in Wales and S. and W. England. < as lemmas |
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