| 单词 | gunpowder weed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgunpowder weed gunpowder weed n. South African a name for Silene gallica, a plant having small black seeds. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Caryophyllaceae (chickweeds and allies) > [noun] > campion and ragged robin cow-rattle14.. campion1576 behen1578 crowsoap1578 white campion1578 catchfly1597 feather-top wild campion1597 frothy poppy1597 lime-wort1597 nonsuch1597 sea campion1597 spattling poppy (also campion)1597 Greek rose1601 lychnis1601 knap-bottle1640 moss pink1641 Lobel's catchfly1664 red robin1678 moss campion1690 red campion1728 round robin1741 Silene1751 Nottingham catchfly1762 silenal1836 Robin Hood1844 thunder-flower1853 gunpowder weed1860 sea-catchfly1864 robin redbreast1880 poppy1886 thunderbolt1886 rattleweed1893 cancer1896 bladder-campion- 1860 W. H. Harvey & O. W. Sonder Flora Capensis I. 127 Silene gallica... This is the ‘Gunpowder-weed’ of the colonists; its black seeds resembling powder. 1897 H. Edmonds & R. Marloth Elem. Bot. S. Afr. xvii. 139 Silene... Several species of Campion, also the so-called ‘Gunpowder Weed’ (S. gallica). 1926 J. B. Davy Man. Fl. Plants Transvaal i. 149 S[ilene] gallica... Gunpowder weed... The black seeds resemble grains of gunpowder, hence the vern. [sic] name. 1946 M. Wilman Check List Flowering Plants Griqualand W. 16 S[ilene] gallica..an increasingly frequent weed; September. Gunpowder weed. < as lemmas |
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