hellweedn.

Brit.

/ˈhɛlwiːd/, U.S.

/ˈhɛlˌwid/

Forms: see hell n. and int. and weed n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hell n., weed n.¹

Etymology: < hell n. + weed n.¹

Any of various plants considered to be noxious weeds; esp. dodder ( Cuscuta species), which is parasitic on other plants, and corn buttercup ( Ranunculus arvensis), which has spiny seeds.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > parasitic plants > [noun] > dodder

doddera1300

hellweedc1510

choke-fitch1562

epithyme1585

podagry1657

devil's guts1670

love bush1814

love vine1833

flax-dodder1852

red tangle1857

fairies' hair1868

c1510 Of Euyll Tonges They be ye clappers of sorow ye skorges of vengans These preuy mordrers these comberous hel wedes.

1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 10 Cuscuta as it is generally called..is called of the Country people Hell-weede, because they know not how to destroy it.

1694 J. Pechey Compl. Herbal 68/1 It [sc. Cuscuta] encompasses the neighbouring Plants, and sucks away their Nourishment. Upon which Account the Country-people in Sussex call it Hell-weed, or The Devil's Guts.

1739 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. II. Index Hellweed, see Convolvulus.

1761 W. Lewis Exper. Hist. Materia Medica 257 A large kind [of dodder], vulgarly called hellweed, is common in heaths..and in fields of flax and other manured herbs.

1829 S. Glover Hist. County of Derby I. 109 Cuscuta europæa, greater dodder, hell weed or devil's guts.

1879 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants (ed. 3) Hell-weed, dodder, so called from the trouble and ruin it causes in flax fields.

1964 E. Salisbury Weeds & Aliens (ed. 2) vi. 177 Some of its [sc. Ranunculus arvensis] other names have been provoked by its pestilential character as a weed... Examples are Hellweed, Hunger-weed and Starveacre.

1992 Folklore 103 103 Folk terms reflect this belief in such names as ‘hellweed’ or ‘devil's guts’ for the common dodder (Cuscuta epithymum).

1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 47/2 The seed-heads [of Ranunculus arvensis] are viciously spiny and earned the plant local names such as devil's claws and hellweed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hellweed
释义	hellweedn. Brit. /ˈhɛlwiːd/, U.S. /ˈhɛlˌwid/ Forms: see hell n. and int. and weed n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hell n., weed n.¹ Etymology: < hell n. + weed n.¹ Any of various plants considered to be noxious weeds; esp. dodder ( Cuscuta species), which is parasitic on other plants, and corn buttercup ( Ranunculus arvensis), which has spiny seeds. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > parasitic plants > [noun] > dodder doddera1300 hellweedc1510 choke-fitch1562 epithyme1585 podagry1657 devil's guts1670 love bush1814 love vine1833 flax-dodder1852 red tangle1857 fairies' hair1868 c1510 Of Euyll Tonges They be ye clappers of sorow ye skorges of vengans These preuy mordrers these comberous hel wedes. 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 10 Cuscuta as it is generally called..is called of the Country people Hell-weede, because they know not how to destroy it. 1694 J. Pechey Compl. Herbal 68/1 It [sc. Cuscuta] encompasses the neighbouring Plants, and sucks away their Nourishment. Upon which Account the Country-people in Sussex call it Hell-weed, or The Devil's Guts. 1739 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. II. Index Hellweed, see Convolvulus. 1761 W. Lewis Exper. Hist. Materia Medica 257 A large kind [of dodder], vulgarly called hellweed, is common in heaths..and in fields of flax and other manured herbs. 1829 S. Glover Hist. County of Derby I. 109 Cuscuta europæa, greater dodder, hell weed or devil's guts. 1879 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants (ed. 3) Hell-weed, dodder, so called from the trouble and ruin it causes in flax fields. 1964 E. Salisbury Weeds & Aliens (ed. 2) vi. 177 Some of its [sc. Ranunculus arvensis] other names have been provoked by its pestilential character as a weed... Examples are Hellweed, Hunger-weed and Starveacre. 1992 Folklore 103 103 Folk terms reflect this belief in such names as ‘hellweed’ or ‘devil's guts’ for the common dodder (Cuscuta epithymum). 1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 47/2 The seed-heads [of Ranunculus arvensis] are viciously spiny and earned the plant local names such as devil's claws and hellweed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1510
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