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单词 pipewort
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pipewortn.

Brit. /ˈpʌɪpwəːt/, U.S. /ˈpaɪpˌwərt/, /ˈpaɪpˌwɔrt/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pipe n.1, wort n.1
Etymology: < pipe n.1 + wort n.1
1. The aquatic monocotyledonous plant Eriocaulon aquaticum (family Eriocaulaceae), native to North America, western Ireland, and the Hebrides, with leafless stems bearing heads of inconspicuous flowers. Later (frequently with distinguishing word): any plant of the genus Eriocaulon.
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1776 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Veg. Great Brit. 784 Pipewort... Eriocaulon... Wreathed Pipewort... This plant was found by Mr. Robertson..1768.
1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden ix There also I have found..curious balls, composed apparently of fine grass or roots, of pipewort perhaps.
1894 B. Torrey Florida Sketch-bk. 30 Beside the railway track were blue-eyed grass and pipewort.
1918 Amer. Naturalist 52 332 A few scattered plants of the seven-angled pipewort may be seen.
1974 M. Davis Near Woods v. 69 Slender pipeworts were poking up through the water's sunlit surface.
2000 Nature Conservancy Mar.–Apr. 26/3 The expanded natural area will protect a large population of small-headed pipewort (Eriocaulon kornickianum).
2. In J. Lindley's terminology: any plant of the family Eriocaulaceae. Obsolete. rare.
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1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 122 The most important distinctions seem to consist in the presence among the Pipeworts of a membranous tube, which may be regarded as the most distinct approach, in the Glumal Alliance, to the corolla of the petaloid series, and in the anthers being 2-celled, not 1-celled.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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