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devil's-guts Herb.
a. A popular name of the Dodder (Cuscuta), from its pale slender stems which wind round and strangle other plants.
1670Ray Catalog. Pl. Angl. 88 In Sussexia rustici et agricolæ eam execrantur, odiosis nominibus Hellweed et Devils guts appellantes. 1878Britten & Holl. Plant-n. 149 Devil's Guts, Cuscuta, various species, especially C. europæa.
b. Transferred to the Bindweeds, Convolvulus arvensis and sepium, and the creeping Crowfoot, Ranunculus repens.
1879G. F. Jackson Shropshire Wordbk.
c. An Australian plant of the genus Cassytha. Also called devil's twine.
1889J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants 14 This and other species of Cassytha are called ‘Dodder-laurel’. The emphatic name of ‘Devil's guts’ is largely used. It frequently connects bushes and trees by cords, and becomes a nuisance to the traveller. 1962N. C. W. Beadle et al. Handbk. Vasc. Plants Sydney Distr. 133 Cassytha L., Devil's Twine. 1965Austral. Encycl. II. 279/2 There are 12 indigenous species [of Cassytha]..one species, C. glabella (devil's twine), being found in all the states. |