hardhackn.

Brit.

/ˈhɑːdhak/, U.S.

/ˈhɑrdˌhæk/

Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hard adv., hack v.¹

Etymology: Probably < hard adv. + hack v.¹, the shrub probably being so named on account of the difficulty of clearing it. Compare earlier hardhake n., hardhewe n.

Chiefly North American.

A shrub of eastern North America, Spiraea tomentosa (family Rosaceae), having woolly stems and tall spires of pink flowers and sometimes an invasive weed of pastures (also called steeplebush); any of several other plants of this genus, esp. the similar S. douglasii of western North America.

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spiraea1666

spirey1714

hardhack1814

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bridal wreath1856

steeple-bush1859

feather-fern1882

pearl bush1882

1814 J. Bigelow Florula Bostoniensis 120 Spiræa tomentosa... Downy Spiræa. Hardhack... A very common shrub in pastures and low grounds.

1867 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 2nd Ser. (new ed.) Introd. p. lii Our narrow New England lanes..where no better flowers were to be gathered than golden-rod and hardhack.

1880 Harper's Mag. Dec. 85 Them mulleins an' hardhacks in the buryin'-ground.

1922 S. Lewis Babbitt xi. 150 Once they drew their canoe up to the bank of Sunasquam Water, a stream walled in by the dense green of the hardhack.

1968 E. R. Buckler Ox Bells & Fireflies vi. 95 The hardhacks, with roots like the roots of wisdom teeth, to be kept back from the edges of the cleared land.

2001 Canad. Geographic May 102/1 Along a trail fringed with pink hardhack flowers and gangly stalks of sweet gale, a black spruce I call the world tree stands.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hardhack
释义	hardhackn. Brit. /ˈhɑːdhak/, U.S. /ˈhɑrdˌhæk/ Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hard adv., hack v.¹ Etymology: Probably < hard adv. + hack v.¹, the shrub probably being so named on account of the difficulty of clearing it. Compare earlier hardhake n., hardhewe n. Chiefly North American. A shrub of eastern North America, Spiraea tomentosa (family Rosaceae), having woolly stems and tall spires of pink flowers and sometimes an invasive weed of pastures (also called steeplebush); any of several other plants of this genus, esp. the similar S. douglasii of western North America. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > spiraea shrubs > [noun] spiraea1666 spirey1714 hardhack1814 meadowsweet1814 bridal wreath1856 steeple-bush1859 feather-fern1882 pearl bush1882 1814 J. Bigelow Florula Bostoniensis 120 Spiræa tomentosa... Downy Spiræa. Hardhack... A very common shrub in pastures and low grounds. 1867 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 2nd Ser. (new ed.) Introd. p. lii Our narrow New England lanes..where no better flowers were to be gathered than golden-rod and hardhack. 1880 Harper's Mag. Dec. 85 Them mulleins an' hardhacks in the buryin'-ground. 1922 S. Lewis Babbitt xi. 150 Once they drew their canoe up to the bank of Sunasquam Water, a stream walled in by the dense green of the hardhack. 1968 E. R. Buckler Ox Bells & Fireflies vi. 95 The hardhacks, with roots like the roots of wisdom teeth, to be kept back from the edges of the cleared land. 2001 Canad. Geographic May 102/1 Along a trail fringed with pink hardhack flowers and gangly stalks of sweet gale, a black spruce I call the world tree stands. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1814
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