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单词 penny-grass
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penny-grassn.

Brit. /ˈpɛnɪɡrɑːs/, /ˈpɛnɪɡras/, U.S. /ˈpɛniˌɡræs/
Forms: see penny n. and grass n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: penny n., grass n.1
Etymology: < penny n. + grass n.1, so called on account of the appearance of the leaves. Compare pennywort n.
1. Also wall penny-grass. Navelwort, Umbilicus rupestris. Cf. pennywort n. a. Obsolete.
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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.
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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.
3. Also sheep-killing penny-grass. Marsh pennywort, Hydrocotyle vulgaris. Cf. pennywort n. b, penny-rot n. Obsolete.
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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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