monk's-headn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌŋks(h)ɛd/, U.S.

/ˈməŋksˌ(h)ɛd/

Forms: Middle English monkeshed, Middle English monkyshead, 1600s monks-head, 1700s 1900s– monk's-head, 1800s– monkshead.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: monk n.¹, head n.¹

Etymology: < the genitive of monk n.¹ + head n.¹, with reference to the bald appearance of the receptacle after the pappus is blown away. Compare priest's crown n. at priest n. Compounds 5.

1. The dandelion (genus Taraxacum).

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > dandelion

priest's crownc1300

monk's-head?c1400

dandelion1513

lion's tooth1562

pissabed1565

swine snout1596

canker1640

leontodon1807

?c1400 in T. Hunt Plant Names Medieval Eng. (1989) 99 [Dens Leonis] monkyshead.

a1425 in T. Hunt Plant Names Medieval Eng. (1989) 99 [Dens Leonis] monkeshed.

1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 319 Monk's-head, Leontodon.

1845 M. A. Burnett Plantæ Utiliores II. Pl. lx From the receptacle looking bald, after the flower and seeds are gone, it [sc. the dandelion] is sometimes called Monkshead.

1936 N. L. Britton & A. Brown Illustr. Flora Northern U.S. (ed. 2) III. 315 Leontodon Taraxacum L. Dandelion... Called also lion's-tooth,..Irish daisy, monk's-head, priest's-crown.

†2. Perhaps: a kind of dolphin (not identified). Obsolete.

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1666 J. Davies tr. C. de Rochefort Hist. Caribby-Islands 101 There is another kind of Porposes which have the snout round and hollow,..some call them Monks-heads, and Sea-Monks.

†3. = monkshood n. 1. Obsolete.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > [noun] > aconite or wolf's bane

monk's cowl1548

wolf's-bane1548

flint-wort1567

libardine1567

aconite1569

wolf's-wort1575

napellus1576

monkshood1578

napelo1580

helmet-flower1597

scorpion1601

napell1605

wolfwort1611

monk's-head1682

panther's bane1712

blue rocketa1825

bikh1830

friar's cap1830

fox-bane1840

Turk's cap1854

Adam and Eve1879

face-in-hood1886

1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece i. 25 Aconitum Lycoctinum [sic]..which I took to be a kind of monks-head.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	monks-head
释义	monk's-headn. Brit. /ˈmʌŋks(h)ɛd/, U.S. /ˈməŋksˌ(h)ɛd/ Forms: Middle English monkeshed, Middle English monkyshead, 1600s monks-head, 1700s 1900s– monk's-head, 1800s– monkshead. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: monk n.¹, head n.¹ Etymology: < the genitive of monk n.¹ + head n.¹, with reference to the bald appearance of the receptacle after the pappus is blown away. Compare priest's crown n. at priest n. Compounds 5. 1. The dandelion (genus Taraxacum). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > dandelion priest's crownc1300 monk's-head?c1400 dandelion1513 lion's tooth1562 pissabed1565 swine snout1596 canker1640 leontodon1807 ?c1400 in T. Hunt Plant Names Medieval Eng. (1989) 99 [Dens Leonis] monkyshead. a1425 in T. Hunt Plant Names Medieval Eng. (1989) 99 [Dens Leonis] monkeshed. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 319 Monk's-head, Leontodon. 1845 M. A. Burnett Plantæ Utiliores II. Pl. lx From the receptacle looking bald, after the flower and seeds are gone, it [sc. the dandelion] is sometimes called Monkshead. 1936 N. L. Britton & A. Brown Illustr. Flora Northern U.S. (ed. 2) III. 315 Leontodon Taraxacum L. Dandelion... Called also lion's-tooth,..Irish daisy, monk's-head, priest's-crown. †2. Perhaps: a kind of dolphin (not identified). Obsolete. ΚΠ 1666 J. Davies tr. C. de Rochefort Hist. Caribby-Islands 101 There is another kind of Porposes which have the snout round and hollow,..some call them Monks-heads, and Sea-Monks. †3. = monkshood n. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > [noun] > aconite or wolf's bane monk's cowl1548 wolf's-bane1548 flint-wort1567 libardine1567 aconite1569 wolf's-wort1575 napellus1576 monkshood1578 napelo1580 helmet-flower1597 scorpion1601 napell1605 wolfwort1611 monk's-head1682 panther's bane1712 blue rocketa1825 bikh1830 friar's cap1830 fox-bane1840 Turk's cap1854 Adam and Eve1879 face-in-hood1886 1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece i. 25 Aconitum Lycoctinum [sic]..which I took to be a kind of monks-head. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?c1400
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