| 释义 |
† ˈpink-needle Herb. Obs.
[f. pink v.1 + needle.]
A name given to the Stork's-bill (Erodium moschatum, or E. cicutarium), from the long tapering beaks of the seed-vessels.
(Erroneously taken as a name of Scandix Pecten by Halliwell, etc., through misunderstanding quot. 1562.)
1548Turner Names Herbes (E.D.S.) 39 Geranium..one kynde is called Pinke nedle or Cranes byl. 1562― Herbal ii. 130 Scandix is supposed of som to be y⊇ herbe which is called in English Pinke nedle, or Storkes bill. 1578Lyte Dodoens i. xxxii. 47 The first kinde [of Geranium] is called..in English Storkesbyll, Pinkeneedell. 1611Cotgr., Aiguille musquée, musked Pinkneedle..or Cranes-bill. Ibid., Teste de grue, Pinkneedle, Shepheards bodkin, Storks bill. |