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单词 womb-grain
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womb-grain
womb-grain n. [ < womb n. + grain n.1, after German Mutterkorn (1706 or earlier)] now rare grain contaminated with ergot; a medicinal preparation of this, formerly used to stimulate contraction of the uterus.
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1830 J. R. Coxe Amer. Dispensatory (ed. 8) 582 The German name Mutterkorn literally signifies womb-grain or uterine rye.
1861 Chicago Med. Examiner Feb. 98 The oxytoxic powers of this drug have, from time immemorial, been known amongst the common people of Europe. This is shown by its vulgar name Mutterkorn or womb-grain amongst the Germans.
1913 E. Schleussner tr. A. Strindberg Red Room xvi. 229 I saw in the Fatherland the other day that a woman who had taken womb-grain very nearly died as well as the baby.
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