【医】 山羊豆

[ noun ]
tall bushy European perennial grown for its pinnate foliage and slender spikes of blue flowers; sometimes used medicinally
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Goat \Goat\ (g[=o]t), n. [OE goot, got, gat, AS. g[=a]t; akin to
D. geit, OHG. geiz, G. geiss, Icel. geit, Sw. get, Dan. ged,
Goth. gaits, L. haedus a young goat, kid.] (Zo["o]l.)
A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus {Capra}, of several
species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat ({Capra
hircus}), which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin.

Note: The Cashmere and Angora varieties of the goat have
long, silky hair, used in the manufacture of textile
fabrics. The wild or bezoar goat ({Capra [ae]gagrus}),
of Asia Minor, noted for the bezoar stones found in its
stomach, is supposed to be one of the ancestral species
of the domestic goat. The Rocky Mountain goat
({Haplocercus montanus}) is more nearly related to the
antelopes. See {Mazame}.

{Goat antelope} (Zo["o]l), one of several species of
antelopes, which in some respects resemble a goat, having
recurved horns, a stout body, large hoofs, and a short,
flat tail, as the goral, thar, mazame, and chikara.

{Goat fig} (Bot.), the wild fig.

{Goat house}.
(a) A place for keeping goats.
(b) A brothel. [Obs.]

{Goat moth} (Zo["o]l.), any moth of the genus {Cossus}, esp.
the large European species ({Cossus ligniperda}), the
larva of which burrows in oak and willow trees, and
requires three years to mature. It exhales an odor like
that of the he-goat.

{Goat weed} (Bot.), a scrophulariaceous plant, of the genus
{Capraria} ({Capraria biflora}).

{Goat's bane} (Bot.), a poisonous plant ({Aconitum
Lucoctonum}), bearing pale yellow flowers, introduced from
Switzerland into England; wolfsbane.

{Goat's foot} (Bot.), a kind of wood sorrel ({Oxalis
caprina}) growing at the Cape of Good Hope.

{Goat's rue} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Galega officinalis}
of Europe, or {Tephrosia Virginiana} in the United
States).

{Goat's thorn} (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant ({Astragalus
Tragacanthus}), found in the Levant.

{Goat's wheat} (Bot.), the genus {Tragopyrum} (now referred
to {Atraphaxis}).