thrumwort
(ˈθrʌmwɜːt)
[f. thrum n.2 + wort.]
A name for different plants having parts resembling thrums. a. The water-plantain, Alisma Plantago (or other species); also the allied star-fruit Actinocarpus Damasonium. b. ‘Love-lies-bleeding’, Amarantus caudatus.
| 1829 Glover's Hist. Derby I. 112 Alisma ranunculoides, lesser thrum wort... Alisma lanceolata, narrow-leaved thrum wort. 1866 Treas. Bot. 1147 Thrumwort, Actinocarpus; also Amaranthus caudatus. 1879 Prior Names Brit. Plants, Thrum-wort... The plant has its name from its long tassel-like panicles of red flowers, the florimer, Amarantus caudatus. 1886 Britten & Holland Eng. Plant-n., Thrum-wort. (1) Amaranthus caudatus... (2) A book-name for Actinocarpus Damasonium... Thrum-wort, Great, Alisma Plantago. |