单词 | pigeonweed |
释义 | > as lemmaspigeonweed pigeonweed n. U.S. (a) spikenard, Aralia racemosa; (b) either of two weeds, corn gromwell, Lithospermum arvense, and Mexican clover, Richardia scabra (now rare). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Araliaceae family or plants > [noun] panax?a1200 petit morelc1425 aralia1756 petty morel1778 pigeonweed1785 shot-bush1785 ginseng1818 1785 M. Cutler in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1 431 Aralia... Berry-Bearing Angelica. Shot Bush. Pigeon Weed. Blossoms white. Berries black. Common in new plantations. 1854 Trans. Michigan Agric. Soc. 6 468 A still more troublesome weed, the ‘Pigeon Weed’,..is making its appearance among us. 1874 in G. Vasey Agric. Grasses U.S. (1889) 104 The plant is known here by the name of ‘Mexican clover’, ‘poor toes’, or ‘pigeon weed’. c1935 W. C. L. Muenscher Weeds (1943) 384 Lithospermum arvense..Stone seed, Puccoon, Pigeon-weed. 1993 T. Coffey Hist. & Folklore N. Amer. Wildflowers 152/2 Spikenard, Aralia racemosa... Pettymorell (Mass, N.H.), Pigeonweed, Spiceberry, Spicebush (Conn.). < as lemmas |
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