单词 | peppergrass |
释义 | peppergrassn.ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > leaf vegetables > cress cressa700 town cresseOE fen-cressc1000 well-cressOE nasturtiumOE watercressc1300 garth-cress?14.. watercress?a1450 women's meadwort?a1450 garden cressa1500 peppergrass?a1500 nosewort1563 nosesmart1589 water-rocket1605 nosewort1608 well grassa1646 cresson1657 water grass1708 tongue-grass1726 poor man's pepper1738 marsh-rocket1739 passerage1879 ?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 787/6 Salmea, a pepyrgresse. ΚΠ 1587 J. Carmichael Gram. Lat. Etymologia 37 Nigella Romana, peppergras. 3. Chiefly North American and Caribbean. Any of several sharp-tasting plants of the family Brassicaceae ( Cruciferae) often eaten in salads, esp. pepperworts (genus Lepidium); spec. L. virginicum, common as a roadside weed in the United States (also called poor-man's pepper). Also: watercress, Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > leaf vegetables > [noun] > other leaves nettle top?1585 lettuce1597 green food1658 peppergrass1696 Welsh onion1731 lamb's quarter1773 Shawnee salad1780 puha1843 poke greens1848 rauriki1848 swede greens1887 swede tops1887 lettuce green1900 leafy greena1918 rapini1959 1696 H. Sloane Catal. Plantarum in Jamaica 80 Pepper-grass. In Jamaica & omnibus Caribeis Insulis locis saxosis, & glareosis mediterraneis reperitur. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica 272 The upright branchy Pepper-grass. This plant is a native of Jamaica. 1784 J. Filson Discov. Kentucke 24 The Shawanese sallad, wild lettuce, and pepper-grass, and many more..have excellent virtues. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Peppergrass,..also, a plant of the genus Lepidium. 1859 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1857–8 3 505 Cress, Pepper Grass, Tongue Grass.—The seed of this plant is sown for an early salad. 1888 E. Laws Hist. Little Eng. beyond Wales 421 Pepper grass, mustard and cress. 1917 I. E. Mackay Up Hill & Over (1927) 53 This pepper-grass will be very nice for tea. 1954 L. Armstrong Satchmo i. 20 Mother..would go to the railroad tracks and fill baskets with pepper grass. She would boil this until it got really gummy and rub it on the wound. 1982 C. R. Bell & B. J. Taylor Florida Wild Flowers 97/2 Pepper Grass. Lepidium virginicum... Pepper Grass is identified by the flat, round, pungent fruits which are 2–3mm long. 2003 Winston-Salem (N. Carolina) Jrnl. (Nexis) 7 May e1 The second course will be a trio of seafood from the Outer Banks: Seared Yellowfin Tuna with Peppergrass Chimichurri and Turnip Crisps. 4. = pillwort n. Cf. pepperwort n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > pepperworts (pillwort and allies) peppergrass1713 Marsilea1754 Welsh clubmoss1767 pillwort1776 pepperwort1835 1713 J. Petiver Catal. Ray's Eng. Herbal Pepper Grass... Lond. Shallow Ponds. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) III. 760 Pilularia..globulifera... Pillwort. Pepper-grass. Pepper-moss. In grounds that have been overflowed, especially in a sandy soil. 1864 T. Moore Brit. Ferns 105 The pillwort or pepper-grass..is a small creeping plant with grassy leaves, growing usually in the shallow margins of lakes and pools. 1945 A. B. Jackson Step's Wayside & Woodland Ferns (new. ed.) 109 The popular name Pillwort has obvious reference to the pill-like form and size of the capsules... Alternative popular names are Pepper-grass and Pepper-moss. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1500 |
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