单词 | maidweed |
释义 | † maidweedn. Obsolete. 1. Stinking chamomile, Anthemis cotula. Also stinking maidweed. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > stinking camomile maytheeOE maidenweeda1325 hound-fennela1400 dog fennel?a1425 maidweed1440 mayweed1543 marg1609 Balder brae1847 hog's fennel1931 stinking camomile- Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 319/2 Mayde wede, herbe, or maythys [?a1475 Winch. maydewode; 1499 Pynson maydenwede], melissa, amarusca. 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. F.iv Stynkyng maydweede. 1579 T. Lupton Thousand Notable Things viii. 202 Which Maydweede is a stynking hearbe, having a flowre lyke a Daysie. 2. red maidweed n. the pheasant's eye, Adonis annua, a formerly common weed with leaves resembling those of Anthemis cotula.In quot. 1864 archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > buttercup and allied flowers > delphinium or larkspur red maytheeOE brown maythec1450 lark's foota1500 red maidweed1548 consound1578 lark's claw1578 larkspur1578 ox-eye1578 red camomile1578 Adonis1597 lark-heel1597 lark's toes1597 monkshood1597 rose-a-ruby1597 delphinium1666 pheasant's eye1727 red Morocco1760 rocket larkspur1778 blue rocket larkspur1784 bee-larkspur1846 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. B.i They call it in Englishe red mathes, alij, red mayde wed, alij, purple camomyle. 1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. D ij Dyuers thynke, that heranthemon is the herbe: whych is called of the herbaryes, amarisca rubra: and of oure countre men, red mathe, or red made wede. 1864 All Year Round 30 Jan. 535/1 Red mayde-weed (Adonis autumnalis). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1440 |
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