hellebore

[医] 嚏根草

发音

UK /ˈhɛlɪbɔː/
其它
US /ˈhɛlɪbɔːɹ/

词形变化

hellebores 复数 hellebores

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of the common garden flowering plants of the genus Helleborus, in family Ranunculaceae, having supposed medicinal properties.

    鹿食草

    铁筷子

    嚏根草

    可数 不可数

    1998, Plinio Prioreschi, A History of Medicine, Volume III: Roman Medicine, page 122, Then the physician would use the king of remedies, the powerful one, hellebore: […] We suspect that after a sufficient number of administrations of hellebore the patient, if he had not done so before, would declare himself cured.

  2. 2.

    A toxic extract of certain false hellebores (Veratrum album or Veratrum viride), formerly used as a pesticide.

    可数 不可数

    1915 July 14, Leland Ossian Howard, Robert Harris Hutchison, House Flies, US Department of Agriculture, Farmers' Bulletin No. 679, page 15, Of the numerous substances tried, the one which seems best to fulfill these conditions is powdered hellebore. Some of the powdered hellebore in use is prepared from the roots of a plant which botanists know as Veratrum viride, and which is popularly known as Indian polk or itch weed.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

false hellebore

下位词 8

black hellebore bear's-foot bugbane Christmas rose green hellebore Lenten rose setterwort stinking hellebore

相关短语

black hellebore [医] 黑嚏根草 green hellebore [医] 绿藜芦 false hellebore [医] 福寿草, 侧金盏花 stinking hellebore [医] 臭菘

词源

From Middle English ellebore, from Old French ellebre, elebore, from Medieval Latin eleborus, via Latin from Ancient Greek ἑλλέβορος (helléboros), possibly from ἄλκη (álkē, “elk [moose]”) βιβρώσκω (bibrṓskō, “to eat”). The initial h was restored in English to reflect the Ancient Greek etymology.

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