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单词 pookneedle
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pookneedlen.

Brit. /ˈpʊkniːdl/, U.S. /ˈpʊkˌnid(ə)l/
Forms: Middle English poukedenel (transmission error), Middle English poukenedel, Middle English poukkenedle, Middle English powkenedle, Middle English puknedel, Middle English pyckenedle, 1500s pouknedle, 1600s pickneedle, 1800s puckerneedle, 1800s puckneedle, 1800s– pookneedle.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: puck n.1, needle n.
Etymology: < puck n.1 (see forms at that entry) + needle n. Compare puckle's needle n. at puckle n. Compounds.In forms pickneedle , pyckenedle perhaps by association with pick n.1 With the form pookneedle perhaps compare pook n.
English regional in later use.
Any of several plants having needle-like or long-beaked fruits, esp. either of the storksbills, Erodium cicutarium and E. moschatum, and the shepherd's needle, Scandix pecten-veneris; the pointed seed vessel of such a plant. Cf. puckle's needle n. at puckle n. Compounds.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Umbelliferae (umbellifers) > [noun] > shepherd's needle
pookneedlea1425
shepherd's needle1562
needle chervil1578
wild chervil1578
lady's comb1597
Venus needle1597
Venus's comb1597
pink needle1611
crow-needle1733
needle1793
Adam's Needle1872
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > geranium and allied flowers > allied flowers > stork's bill
ground-needlea1400
pookneedlea1425
pink needle1548
stork's bill1562
heronsbill1578
moschata1578
musk cranesbill1640
Muscovy1648
musk stork's-bill1853
pin clover1880
a1425 in T. Hunt Plant Names Medieval Eng. (1989) 7 [Acus Demonis] puk-nedel, styke-pilor.
a1500 Agnus Castus (Harl.) (1950) 132 (MED) Pouknedle [v.rr. poukedenel; pyckenedle; ?a1450 Stockh. Acus de-menys is an herbe þat men clepe pounntnedele].
1636 J. Gerard & T. Johnson Herball (ed. 2) ii. ccclix. 941 It [sc. Geranium moschatum] is called..in English, Musked Storkesbill..and of the vulgar sort muschata, and also Pick-needle.
1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 564 Puck-needle is a weed that is often abundant on such lands as are hard tilled.
1836 W. D. Cooper Gloss. Provinc. Sussex 27 Pookneedle, cocle, an injurious weed.
1853 W. D. Cooper Gloss. Provincialisms Sussex (ed. 2) 67 Pookneedle, cockle, or Shepherd's needle... The sharpened end of the seed vessel of the wild geranium, probably fairies' needle..; called Beggar's needle in Worcestershire.
1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. III. 77 Common Shepherd's needle... These fruits are bright green..and sharp enough to merit the names applied to the plant of..Pucker-needle [etc.].
1878 Folk-lore Rec. 1 27 The sharp end of the seed-vessel of the needle scandix (S. pecten), called here by the common people ‘the pookneedle’ may have been regarded as belonging to the fairies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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