单词 | gill-creep -by- -ground |
释义 | > as lemmasgill-creep (also go, run)-by-(the)-ground P1. gill-creep (also go, run)-by-(the)-ground and variants: ground ivy, Glechoma hederacea; = sense 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > herb > [noun] > ground ivy tunhoofc1000 hayhovec1325 gill-creep (also go, run)-by-(the)-ground1597 jill1725 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 705 It is commonly called..ground Iuie, Alehoof, Gill creepe by ground. 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum v. xciii. 677 Wee in English [call it]..Gill creepe by the ground, Catsfoote, Haymaides, and Alehoofe. 1765 Public Ledger 6 Aug. 748/2 I intend in this paper to give some account of the fatal effects of horses feeding on the herb Gill-go-by-the-ground.., alias bedera terrestris. a1862 H. D. Thoreau Cape Cod (1865) v. 92 There were Yellow-Dock, Lemon Balm, Hyssop, Gill-go-over-the-ground,..and other plants. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Gill run by th' grund, ground ivy. 1883 W. H. Cope Gloss. Hampshire Words Gill-go-by-ground. 1935 W. C. Muenscher Weeds ii. 401 Nepeta hederacea... Ground ivy, Gill-over-the-ground, Creeping Charlie, Cats-foot, Field balm. 1964 Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) 13 May 13/1 Gill-over-the-ground is thriving and loaded with blossoms. 2004 M. Choukas-Bradley Illustr. Guide Eastern Woodland Wildflowers & Trees 202 Gill-over-the-ground has heart-shaped, kidney-shaped, or round leaves that have a spicy odor when crushed. < as lemmas |
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