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单词 pot-herb
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pot-herbn.

Brit. /ˈpɒthəːb/, U.S. /ˈpɑtˌ(h)ərb/
Forms: see pot n.1 and herb n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pot n.1, herb n.
Etymology: < pot n.1 + herb n.
1. Any plant having leaves that are cooked and eaten as a vegetable. In later use also: any herb used to flavour food.
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the world > plants > wild and cultivated plants > food plant or vegetable > [noun] > pot-herb(s)
pottage-warea1398
pot-wortc1400
pot-herb1538
olitory1696
pot green1742
the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > herb > [noun]
worteOE
herbc1290
pottage-warea1398
pot-wortc1400
green meatc1450
pot-herb1538
pot green1742
1538 T. Elyot Dict. Caulis... Also an herbe called colewortes. It is somtyme taken for all pot herbes.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 556 This pot-herbe, or rather Salet herbe, is called..Spinache.
1588 T. Hariot Briefe Rep. Virginia sig. C1 Wee our selues vsed the leaues [of melden] also for pothearbes.
1605 Hist. Tryall Cheualry sig. C3 E're he do my Lord any wrong, zounds, ile be cut smaller then pot-hearbs.
c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 277 The Circus Maximus,..one entire heape of rubbish, part of it converted into a Garden of Pot-herbs.
1733 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 2) at Corchorus The first Species, Rauwolf says, is sown in great Plenty about Aleppo as a Pot-herb; the Jews boiling the Leaves of this Plant to eat with their Meat.
1756 F. Home Exper. Bleaching 280 In this way I imagine it hardens pot-herbs which are boiled in it.
1786 J. Abercrombie Gardeners Daily Assistant 207 Pot herbs—gather to dry for keeping; such as mint, sweet-marjoram, savory, pennyroyal, pot-marjoram, sage, marigold flowers, &c.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xix. 369 A spot which seemed to be part of Holland, a straight canal, a terrace, rows of clipped trees, and rectangular beds of flowers and potherbs.
1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 282 The plant is largely grown in Western India, both as a pot-herb and for its fibre, known as ‘Ambari’.
1942 R. L. Haig-Brown Timber xxi. 306Pot-herbs,’ Julie said. ‘Thyme and marjoram and something else.’
1964 E. Salisbury Weeds & Aliens (ed. 2) ii. 29 Roman deposits reveal the presence of Ground Elder (Aegopodium podagraria), prized both as a medicinal herb and a pot herb.
1981 W. Foley Back to Forest ii. 58 We were not going to have a very rich stew that evening. A shilling's worth of scrag end (for the dog!), a few pennies worth of potherbs, and two eggs for pancakes.
2003 P. A. Johnsgard Lewis & Clark on Great Plains ii. 31 The young shoots [of Rosa arkansana] were used by Native Americans as a potherb.
2. = pot plant n. 1. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > plants > wild and cultivated plants > [noun] > cultivated or planted > in particular place or receptacle
stove-plant1778
pot plant1824
window plant1831
border-flower1850
bedding-plant1856
bedder1862
bedding-out plant1865
pot-herb1882
1882 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights I. 153 Flowering pot-herbs garnished the sills of the..windows.

Compounds

pot-herb god n. Obsolete (depreciative) an idol; a primitive god.
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1692 J. Dryden Cleomenes iii. i. 28 A People, baser than the Beasts they worship; Below their pot-herb-gods, that grow in Gardens.
1787 T. Swift Temple of Folly i. 23 Ægypt her mummies and her monkies brought, Her pot-herb gods, her crocodiles, and cows.
pot-herb butterfly n. U.S. rare a North American cabbage white butterfly, Pieris oleracea.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Pieridae > genus Pieris > pieris oleracea
pot-herb pontia1841
pot-herb butterfly1876
1876 Amer. Cycl. XVI. 76/1 Among the lepidoptera, the pontia oleracea (Harris), potherb or white butterfly, is often called turnip fly.
1962 C. L. Metcalf et al. Destructive & Useful Insects (ed. 4) xiv. 667 The potherb butterfly, the southern cabbageworm, and the Gulf white butterfly are very closely related to the imported cabbageworm.
pot-herb pontia n. U.S. Obsolete rare = pot-herb butterfly n.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Pieridae > genus Pieris > pieris oleracea
pot-herb pontia1841
pot-herb butterfly1876
1841 T. W. Harris Rep. Insects Massachusetts 213 It is the Pontia oleracea, potherb Pontia, or white butterfly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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