| 单词 | yellow-wort |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyellow-wort yellow-wort n. a Eurasian plant with glaucous perfoliate leaves and yellow flowers with six to eight petals, Blackstonia perfoliata (family Gentianaceae), typically found on shallow chalky soils; also called yellow centaury. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > centaury centauryeOE earth-galleOE feverfewOE Christ's ladderc1300 feltrikec1440 horse-galla1500 gall of the earth1567 gall-wort1577 marsh centaury1670 yellow-wort1783 1783 W. Curtis Catal. Brit. Plants 104/2 (table) Chlora perfoliata. Yellow-wort perfoliate. 1789 J. Pilkington View Derbyshire I. viii. 384 Chlora perfoliata, perforated Yellow-Wort. 1852 A. Pratt Wild Flowers I. 175 It is well named Yellow Wort, for not only are the blossoms of a full bright yellow colour, but the whole plant affords a good dye of that hue. 1917 Irish Naturalist 26 159 The most singular disappearance of all has been that of the Yellow-wort (Chlora perfoliata); for this species, though confined to dry, upland pastures, used to abound in such localities. 2015 Guardian (Nexis) 19 Nov. Yellow-wort, Blackstonia perfoliata, grows in profusion on these thin soils. < as lemmas |
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