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ˈpuck-ˌneedle
[f. puck n.1 + needle.]
A name for different weeds having needle-like or beaked fruit, as Shepherd's needle (Scandix Pecten), and Stork's-bill (Erodium). So pucker-needle.
[c1450Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 2 Acus muscata major, anglice pouclesnedele.] 1805R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 564 Puck-needle is a weed that is often abundant on such lands as are hard tilled. 1836W. D. Cooper Sussex Gloss. 27 Pookneedle, Cocle, an injurious weed. 1853Ibid. 67 Pookneedle, Cockle, or Shepherd's needle... The sharpened end of the seed vessel of the wild geranium, probably fairies' needle;..called Beggar's needle in Worcestershire. 1861Miss Pratt Flower. Pl. III. 77 Common Shepherd's needle... These fruits are bright green..and sharp enough to merit the names applied to the plant of..Pucker-needle [etc.]. |