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单词 johnswort
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johnswortn.

Brit. /ˈdʒɒnzwəːt/, U.S. /ˈdʒɑnzˌwərt/, /ˈdʒɑnzˌwɔrt/
Forms: 1700s johnsworth, 1700s– johnswort, 1800s John's wort.
Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: St John's-wort n.
Etymology: Short for St John's-wort n. Compare earlier herb John n. 1.Compare German Johanniskraut (late 17th cent. or earlier in this sense).
Chiefly North American (now rare).
A St. John's-wort (genus Hypericum).
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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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