melampyren.

Brit.

/ˈmɛləmpʌɪə/, U.S.

/ˈmɛləmˌpaɪ(ə)r/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin melampyrum.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin melampyrum cow-wheat (6th cent., adopted as a genus name by Linnaeus in his Species Plantarum (1753) II. 605) < Hellenistic Greek μελάμπυρον a cruciferous plant, perhaps Neslia paniculata < ancient Greek μελαμ- (see melano- comb. form) + πυρός wheat (see pyrene n.¹). Compare earlier melampyrin n. Compare French mélanopyron (1615), mélampire (1795), mélampyre (1812).

rare.

A plant of the genus Melampyrum, a cow wheat; spec. common cow wheat, M. pratense.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Scrophulariaceae (figwort and allies) > [noun] > cow-wheat

cow-wheat1597

poverty-weed1847

melampyre1858

1858 G. Bentham Handbk. Brit. Flora lvi. 408 Crested Melampyre. Melampyrum cristatum, Linn...Purple Melampyre. Melampyrum arvense, Linn.

1899 ‘M. Field’ Noontide Branches 42 Emptying our river-wood Of all we could, Of honeysuckle, blooms of dropping cherry; Melampyre, vetches, purple columbine.

1905 E. Phillpotts Secret Woman iii. v. 244 The melampyre's lemon blossoms and the orange stars of the woody loosestrife mingled close at hand.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	melampyre
释义	melampyren. Brit. /ˈmɛləmpʌɪə/, U.S. /ˈmɛləmˌpaɪ(ə)r/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin melampyrum. Etymology: < post-classical Latin melampyrum cow-wheat (6th cent., adopted as a genus name by Linnaeus in his Species Plantarum (1753) II. 605) < Hellenistic Greek μελάμπυρον a cruciferous plant, perhaps Neslia paniculata < ancient Greek μελαμ- (see melano- comb. form) + πυρός wheat (see pyrene n.¹). Compare earlier melampyrin n. Compare French mélanopyron (1615), mélampire (1795), mélampyre (1812). rare. A plant of the genus Melampyrum, a cow wheat; spec. common cow wheat, M. pratense. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Scrophulariaceae (figwort and allies) > [noun] > cow-wheat cow-wheat1597 poverty-weed1847 melampyre1858 1858 G. Bentham Handbk. Brit. Flora lvi. 408 Crested Melampyre. Melampyrum cristatum, Linn...Purple Melampyre. Melampyrum arvense, Linn. 1899 ‘M. Field’ Noontide Branches 42 Emptying our river-wood Of all we could, Of honeysuckle, blooms of dropping cherry; Melampyre, vetches, purple columbine. 1905 E. Phillpotts Secret Woman iii. v. 244 The melampyre's lemon blossoms and the orange stars of the woody loosestrife mingled close at hand. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1858
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