单词 | muckweed |
释义 | > as lemmasmuckweed muckweed n. English regional (a) a goosefoot, Chenopodium album, which grows on manure heaps; (b) a plant of muddy water, perhaps curled pondweed, Potamogeton crispus. ΚΠ 1787 W. Marshall Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Norfolk II. 384 Muck-weed, or Fat-hen, Chenopodium album; common goose-foot. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 38 Muck-weed, pond-weed. Potamogeton crispum? 1935 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 22 455 Potamogeton crispus L. Curly Muck-weed. 1992 Nat. World Spring 28/4 Often the names reveal those aspects of a plant that have touched people's imaginations:..[for example] an attachment to one particular habitat (muckweed—an old Gloucestershire tag for fat-hen). 1999 R. Malster Mardler's Compan. 53/2 Muckweed, fat hen (Chenopodium album), a member of the goosefoot family which is an abundant weed of cultivated land. < as lemmas |
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