单词 | johnswort |
释义 | johnswortn. Chiefly North American (now rare). A St. John's-wort (genus Hypericum). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Guttiferae (St. John's wort and allies) > [noun] velderudea1300 grace of God?c1400 floure jonett1423 St John's-wort?a1425 St. Peter's wort1526 hypericum1538 St John's grass1538 johnswort1710 scare-devil1751 orange grass1811 pineweed1814 nit-weed1818 guttifer1846 rose of Sharon1849 amber1861 goatweed1915 Klamath weed1922 1710 W. Salmon Botanologia I. ccccv. 572/1 There are two generic Kinds of Hypericon, or Johnswort. 1819 Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. 2nd Ser. VIII. 170 In July the lover of plants is gratified with..two species of pyrala, the small geranium, several species of hypericum or John's wort. 1874 2nd Rep. Vermont State Board Agric. 1873–4 390 The dairyman's pastures should be well stocked with good nutritious grasses, not wild grass of the low boggy pasture, or johnswort, or daisies, but June or blue grass and clover. 1980 T. R. Henn Five Arches ii. vi. 48 A narrow path through trees and choked with undergrowth and johnswort led along the top of the sea-wall. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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