knee-hollyn.

Brit.

/ˈniːˌhɒli/, U.S.

/ˈniˌhɑli/

Forms: In Old English cnéow-holen.

Etymology: < knee n. (perhaps in reference to its height) + holen, holly n. (as a prickly evergreen).

A name of Butcher's Broom ( Ruscus aculeatus).

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knee-hollyc1000

butcher's broom1538

petigrew1538

horse-tongue1562

knee-holm1562

knee-hull1562

ruscus1562

double-tongue1578

prickly box1578

tongue-blade1578

ground-myrtle1601

uvularia1706

Alexandrian laurel1760

punnai1794

shepherd's myrtlec1840

Jew's myrtle1856

knee-hul-

knee-hulver-

c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 162 Wið þone dropan,..genim twegen scenceas fulle woses ðysse wyrt þe man..cneowholen nemneð.

a1300 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 557/33 Frisgonem, i. fresgun, i. cnehole.

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 448 Asparagus, grasse, knee-holly, marsh-mallows.

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxix. 462 Butcher's-broom or Knee Holly, bears its flowers in the middle of the leaves.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 999.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	knee-holly
释义	knee-hollyn. Brit. /ˈniːˌhɒli/, U.S. /ˈniˌhɑli/ Forms: In Old English cnéow-holen. Etymology: < knee n. (perhaps in reference to its height) + holen, holly n. (as a prickly evergreen). A name of Butcher's Broom ( Ruscus aculeatus). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > butcher's broom > [noun] knee-hollyc1000 butcher's broom1538 petigrew1538 horse-tongue1562 knee-holm1562 knee-hull1562 ruscus1562 double-tongue1578 prickly box1578 tongue-blade1578 ground-myrtle1601 uvularia1706 Alexandrian laurel1760 punnai1794 shepherd's myrtlec1840 Jew's myrtle1856 knee-hul- knee-hulver- c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 162 Wið þone dropan,..genim twegen scenceas fulle woses ðysse wyrt þe man..cneowholen nemneð. a1300 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 557/33 Frisgonem, i. fresgun, i. cnehole. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 448 Asparagus, grasse, knee-holly, marsh-mallows. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxix. 462 Butcher's-broom or Knee Holly, bears its flowers in the middle of the leaves. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 999. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1000
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