simple
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈsɪmpəl/
- Archaic
:
planta medicinal
- Caitlin still bottled enough simples to pay for the little books of gold leaf for the binding and new shoes for Grimald.
Examples
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Recipes survive that call for multiple ingredients, but most cures were dependent on these simples, usually from local plants, well-known and easily obtained.
Blog text (16) -
In herbal medicine, many practitioners rely on simples to treat common ailments.
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Brew simples from plants and sell them.
Fiction book (1997) -
These simples cannot come into existence or cease to be, for they are the unchanging ground that makes change possible.
Academic text (1991) -
"But brutal as they are," he continued, "these Cafres... have nevertheless a special knowledge of simples and know how to apply them."
Academic text (2018) -
Then thought to pass the time by picking simples for a posy that might sweeten our farewell.
Academic text (2015) -
In his possession are "all sorts of curious instruments, and many strange and common herbs and simples hung to dry in bunches on the wall" (4).
Academic text (2007) -
In a time when disease was thought to affect the life of the mind as much as the body, Poussin and Ferrari married the power of the physician's pharmaceutical simples with the delight provided by the beauty of flowers and the imaginary tales they inspired.
Academic text (2004) -
Homeopathic and holistic practitioners, employing simples readily found growing on roadsides, began tentatively to challenge the medical orthodoxy of the age.
Academic text (1991) -
The old book was filled with remedies made from various simples found in the garden.
Synonyms
118
1.0
A plant used to add flavor to food or to make medicine
46
3.5
A grey-green plant with leaves that have a strong smell and add flavor to food
8
2.5
A plant with thick leaves that contain gel used to soothe skin
3
6.7
A medicine made from plant parts like roots or leaves
3
9.0
A common plant with a strong smell used as a medicine and in cooking
2
9.9
A plant that grows in North American woods with poisonous berries used in traditional remedies
2
9.9
A forked root people use in traditional medicines and stories about magic
1
7.6
A garden plant with scented leaves and colorful flowers used for cooking or medicine
1
9.6
A small herb with a strong smell used to add flavor to food or make herbal tea
1
8.6
A plant with hairy leaves and bell shaped flowers used in herbal medicine and as groundcover
1
9.9
A plant root people believe has magical or healing powers that people sometimes use as a drug
1
3.4
A plant whose leaves are used as medicine, in tea, or in food
1
6.2
A plant whose dried leaves and flowers are used as a drug or medicine
1
4.2
A small plant with white, daisy-like flowers used to make calming tea
1
3.0
A tall tropical grass with a strong lemon smell used in cooking and tea
1
9.9
A spicy root like ginger used in Asian cooking and medicine
1
9.9
A plant that grows from a bulb with narrow leaves and long stems of white, blue or pink flowers
A tall plant with strong-smelling flowers whose roots are used to help people sleep
A small plant with pink or blue flowers often used in herbal medicine
A small plant with colored flowers from Europe and Asia that people use in traditional medicine
A wild plant of the southeastern United States with white, daisy-like flowers once used in folk medicine
A tall plant from Asia with smelly leaves grown for fiber, medicine, and drugs that change the mind
A plant from South America and Mexico used for medicine
A Caribbean shrub with a strong-smelling bark used in medicine and flavouring
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
3.4
A basic tool like a lever or pulley that makes work easier by changing the force
- Specialized
1
3.7
A small sweet part of food the body uses for quick energy, like glucose or fructose
- Formal
1
9.8
Full ownership of land without time limit that you can sell or leave to anyone
- Specialized
1
3.4
A number that shows a part of a whole with whole numbers on top and bottom, like 3/4
- Specialized
1
3.5
A broken bone that does not cut the skin or badly damage nearby tissue
- Specialized
1
3.4
Extra money added only to the original amount, not to any earlier added money
- Formal
Full ownership of a house or land that you can sell and leave to someone
- Specialized
A verb form that shows an action or state happened and finished in the past
- Specialized
A verb tense for actions and facts that happen often and are true now
- Specialized
A fruit that grows from one part of a flower with seeds inside, like a grape
- Specialized
A repeating back and forth movement where the pull back gets stronger the farther it moves from center
- Specialized
A brief loss of awareness when someone stares blankly for a few seconds
- Specialized
A curved line on a flat surface that makes a closed loop without crossing itself, like a circle
- Specialized
A strong, unreasonable fear of a specific thing or situation, like spiders and heights
- Specialized
A verb tense that talks about regular actions, facts, and situations that are true now
- Specialized
An operation that removes a breast but leaves the chest muscles and lymph nodes still there
- Specialized
A small weight hung from a light string of fixed length that swings back and forth
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Simple as a noun for a plant comes from Latin simplex, meaning a single thing, and in old medicine a 'simple' was one plant used by itself. So a simple is a medicinal herb used alone, not a mixture.