heronsbilln.

Brit.

/ˈhɛrənzbɪl/,

/ˈhɛrn̩zbɪl/, U.S.

/ˈhɛrənzˌbɪl/

Forms: 1500s–1600s hearons bill, 1600s 1800s– heronsbill, 1800s– heron's bill.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally modelled on a Dutch lexical item. Etymons: heron n., bill n.²

Etymology: < the genitive of heron n. + bill n.² Originally (in sense ’cranesbill’) after early modern Dutch oyevaersbeck (1554 in the passage translated in quot. 1578; Dutch ooievaarsbek ), literally ‘stork's bill’, itself after post-classical Latin geranium geranium n., which originally included plants now subsumed under the genera Pelargonium (see pelargonium n.) and Geranium as well as Erodium. In later use (in sense ’storksbill’) after scientific Latin Erodium, genus name (W. Aiton 1789, in Hortus Kewensis II. 414; < ancient Greek ἐρωδιός heron (see herodian n.²) + an ending apparently modelled on that of post-classical Latin geranium geranium n.). The plants are so called on account of the elongated shape of their seed capsules; compare quots. 1578, 1864. Compare German Reiherschnabel (late 18th cent.). Compare earlier stork's bill n., and also geranium n., crane's-bill n.

Now chiefly North American.

Any of the herbaceous plants comprising the genus Erodium (family Geraniaceae), resembling the cranesbills and found widely in the northern hemisphere; a storksbill. Formerly also: a cranesbill (genus Geranium).

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > geranium and allied flowers > allied flowers > stork's bill

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pink needle1548

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moschata1578

musk cranesbill1640

Muscovy1648

musk stork's-bill1853

pin clover1880

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xxxii. 45 There is found in this contrey diuers sortes of herbes, whose seedes be long and sharpe like to a Hearons beake or byl, the which for the self same cause, are all comprehended under the name and kindes of Hearons bill [Du. Oyevaersbeck].

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Aiguille Storkes bil, Cranes bill, Hearons bill, Pinkneedle.

1864 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants Heron's Bill, from the shape of the seed vessel.

1913 W. C. Barnes Western Grazing Grounds 39 Alfileria is also known as ‘heron's bill’ and ‘pin clover’.

1949 E. L. Palmer Fieldbk. Nat. Hist. 241/3 Common names [of Erodium cicutarium] include wild musk, pin clover, pin grass, pinweed and heron's bill, mostly based on character of fruit.

2009 P. Welsh Southern Califormia Org. Gardening (ed. 3) April. 164/1 This is why geraniums are known as cranesbills and why erodiums are called heronsbills. It's a shame pelargoniums didn't get the common name storksbill.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	heronsbill
释义	heronsbilln. Brit. /ˈhɛrənzbɪl/, /ˈhɛrn̩zbɪl/, U.S. /ˈhɛrənzˌbɪl/ Forms: 1500s–1600s hearons bill, 1600s 1800s– heronsbill, 1800s– heron's bill. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally modelled on a Dutch lexical item. Etymons: heron n., bill n.² Etymology: < the genitive of heron n. + bill n.² Originally (in sense ’cranesbill’) after early modern Dutch oyevaersbeck (1554 in the passage translated in quot. 1578; Dutch ooievaarsbek ), literally ‘stork's bill’, itself after post-classical Latin geranium geranium n., which originally included plants now subsumed under the genera Pelargonium (see pelargonium n.) and Geranium as well as Erodium. In later use (in sense ’storksbill’) after scientific Latin Erodium, genus name (W. Aiton 1789, in Hortus Kewensis II. 414; < ancient Greek ἐρωδιός heron (see herodian n.²) + an ending apparently modelled on that of post-classical Latin geranium geranium n.). The plants are so called on account of the elongated shape of their seed capsules; compare quots. 1578, 1864. Compare German Reiherschnabel (late 18th cent.). Compare earlier stork's bill n., and also geranium n., crane's-bill n. Now chiefly North American. Any of the herbaceous plants comprising the genus Erodium (family Geraniaceae), resembling the cranesbills and found widely in the northern hemisphere; a storksbill. Formerly also: a cranesbill (genus Geranium). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > geranium and allied flowers > allied flowers > stork's bill ground-needlea1400 pookneedlea1425 pink needle1548 stork's bill1562 heronsbill1578 moschata1578 musk cranesbill1640 Muscovy1648 musk stork's-bill1853 pin clover1880 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xxxii. 45 There is found in this contrey diuers sortes of herbes, whose seedes be long and sharpe like to a Hearons beake or byl, the which for the self same cause, are all comprehended under the name and kindes of Hearons bill [Du. Oyevaersbeck]. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Aiguille Storkes bil, Cranes bill, Hearons bill, Pinkneedle. 1864 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants Heron's Bill, from the shape of the seed vessel. 1913 W. C. Barnes Western Grazing Grounds 39 Alfileria is also known as ‘heron's bill’ and ‘pin clover’. 1949 E. L. Palmer Fieldbk. Nat. Hist. 241/3 Common names [of Erodium cicutarium] include wild musk, pin clover, pin grass, pinweed and heron's bill, mostly based on character of fruit. 2009 P. Welsh Southern Califormia Org. Gardening (ed. 3) April. 164/1 This is why geraniums are known as cranesbills and why erodiums are called heronsbills. It's a shame pelargoniums didn't get the common name storksbill. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1578
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