单词 | penny-grass |
释义 | penny-grassn.ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Crassulaceae (stonecrop and allies) > [noun] > navelwort pennywortc1300 wall penny-grassa1400 navelwortc1450 wall penny grass1562 Venus' navel1592 hipwort1597 sea-navel1597 sea-navelwort1597 sea-pennywort1597 Venus' garden1597 cotyledon1601 kidneywort1640 Venus's navelwort1678 penny pie1707 acetabulum1727 penny leaf1782 pancakes1882 a1400 J. Mirfield Sinonoma Bartholomei (1882) 43 Umbilicus veneris..penigresse. c1450 in W. R. Dawson Leechbk. (1934) 236 (MED) Quarteyn feuer..for the same take þe juyse of an erbe þt men clepe peny grasse and drynk it wt stale ale or venegre. ?a1500 in G. Henslow Med. Wks. 14th Cent. (1899) 52 (MED) Gedre leuys of pypelere, sinchon and rebgrese and plantayne and herbe penigres. 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 169 I knowe no English name for it [sc. Vmbilicus veneris]: but lest it should be wythout a name I call it wall penny grasse. 1886 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names App. Grass, Penny..(3) Cotyledon Umbilicus.—Irel. 2. Yellow rattle, Rhinanthus minor, having round seed capsules. Now British regional and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > cock's-comb yellow rattleOE coxcomba1500 penny-grassa1500 cockcomb1687 rattlebox1866 fiddle-cases1878 lousewort1901 a1500 in T. Hunt Plant Names Medieval Eng. (1989) 64 [Camepitheos] penygresse, medowratill. 1614 G. Markham 2nd Bk. Eng. Husbandman ii. vii. 94 If..the Penigrasse be hard, dry, and withered, then..your meddow is ripe. a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 33 Soe soon as the pennie-grass beginne to welke and seeme dry. 1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 291 The Penny, or Rattle-Grass has a leaf like Wood-bine full of Notches. 1808 W. Pitt Gen. View Agric. Stafford (ed. 2) viii. 98 Yellow rattle..called also penny-grass, from the flat round shape of the seeds, which are very nutritive. 1851 T. Sternberg Dial. & Folk-lore Northants. 79 Penny-grass, the common yellow coxcomb; the seed-vessels of the plant are round and flat, resembling pence. 1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 307 Yellow Rattle,..penny-grass, Som, Lancs, Yks, Ire; penny-girse, Shet. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > marsh pennywort sheep-killing penny-grass?1523 wood-nep1526 pennywort1578 sheep-killing pennygrass1578 fluke-wort1597 penny-rot1597 sheep's bane1597 white rot1597 fairies' table1878 ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxiiiiv Penny grasse..groweth lowe by ye erth in a marsshe grounde, and hath a lefe as brode as a penny of twopens, and neuer bereth floure. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xxv. 38 Ye base Almaignes do call it Penninckcruyt: in English Sheepe killing Pennygrasse. 1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry i. xxx. 79 The grasse which is vnwholesome for Sheepe, is that which hath growing amongst it, Spearewort, Pennywort, or Penny-grasse. 1757 J. Dyer Fleece i. 40 Nor taint-worm shall infect the yeaning herds, Nor penny-grass, nor spearwort's pois'nous leaf. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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