sparrowgrassn.

Forms: Also 1600s–1800s sparagrass (1600s sparragras), 1700s sparagras(se; also sparrow-grass.

Etymology: Corruption of sparagus n., assimilated to sparrow n. and grass n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsparrow-grass.

Now dialect or vulgar.

Asparagus.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > stalk vegetables > [noun] > asparagus

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > stalk vegetables > asparagus

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α.

1664 R. Codrington 2nd Pt. Youths Behaviour 178/2 Prauns, or Sparagrass.

1664 R. Codrington 2nd Pt. Youths Behaviour 178/2 A dish of Sparagrass.

1711 in Leader Rec. Burgery Sheffield (1897) 334 Paid a messinger for bringing sparagrasse from Doncaster.

1723 tr. F. C. Weber Present State Russia I. 151 Roses, Gilliflowers, and well-tasted Sparagras.

1764 S. Foote Mayor of Garret ii. 36 I would recommend the opening a new branch of trade; sparagrass, gentlemen, the manufacturing of sparagrass.

1801 R. Southey in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (1850) II. 154 Sparagrass (it ought to be spelt so) and artichokes, good with plain butter.

1884 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 16 App. 32 Such parasynetic forms as sparrer-grass for asparagus..are common enough in Negro.

β. 1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved xxxvii. 235 [The Hop plant] comes up with severall sprouts like Sparrowgrass.c1685 Three Merry Trav. in Bagford Ball. 52 Both Chickens and sparrow grass she did provide.1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 371. ¶4 The Ducklins and Sparrow-grass were very good.1721 W. Gibson Farriers Dispensatory iii. iii. 131 Sparrow-grass.1819 ‘R. Rabelais the Younger’ Abeillard & Heloisa 5 Some score hundred sparrow-grass, As it's now call'd by every ass.1861 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner xxxii. 373 Mind me now, and take the tops of your sparrowgrass.1865 ‘C. Bede’ Rook's Garden 96 I have heard the word sparrowgrass from the lips of a real Lady—but then she was in her seventies.

Compounds

attributive, as sparrow-grass bed, sparrow-grass green, sparrow-grass plant.

ΚΠ

1658 in W. M. Myddelton Chirk Castle Accts. (1908) 78 Paid..his gardiner that came with sparrowgrasse plants.

c1700 T. Houghton in Essex Rev. (1906) XV. 170 The side of the dwelling house which looks toward the sparagrass beds.

1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 28 Sparrow grass green—pale yellowish green with a mixture of grey and brown.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	sparrowgrass
释义	sparrowgrassn. Forms: Also 1600s–1800s sparagrass (1600s sparragras), 1700s sparagras(se; also sparrow-grass. Etymology: Corruption of sparagus n., assimilated to sparrow n. and grass n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsparrow-grass. Now dialect or vulgar. Asparagus. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > stalk vegetables > [noun] > asparagus asparagusc1000 speragec1440 sparagus1543 sparage1565 sperage1647 sparrowgrass1652 esparagrass1711 grass1723 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > stalk vegetables > asparagus asparagusc1000 spergec1400 speragec1440 sparagus1543 sparage1565 garden sperage1577 sperage1647 sparrowgrass1652 α. 1664 R. Codrington 2nd Pt. Youths Behaviour 178/2 Prauns, or Sparagrass. 1664 R. Codrington 2nd Pt. Youths Behaviour 178/2 A dish of Sparagrass. 1711 in Leader Rec. Burgery Sheffield (1897) 334 Paid a messinger for bringing sparagrasse from Doncaster. 1723 tr. F. C. Weber Present State Russia I. 151 Roses, Gilliflowers, and well-tasted Sparagras. 1764 S. Foote Mayor of Garret ii. 36 I would recommend the opening a new branch of trade; sparagrass, gentlemen, the manufacturing of sparagrass. 1801 R. Southey in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (1850) II. 154 Sparagrass (it ought to be spelt so) and artichokes, good with plain butter. 1884 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 16 App. 32 Such parasynetic forms as sparrer-grass for asparagus..are common enough in Negro. β. 1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved xxxvii. 235 [The Hop plant] comes up with severall sprouts like Sparrowgrass.c1685 Three Merry Trav. in Bagford Ball. 52 Both Chickens and sparrow grass she did provide.1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 371. ¶4 The Ducklins and Sparrow-grass were very good.1721 W. Gibson Farriers Dispensatory iii. iii. 131 Sparrow-grass.1819 ‘R. Rabelais the Younger’ Abeillard & Heloisa 5 Some score hundred sparrow-grass, As it's now call'd by every ass.1861 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner xxxii. 373 Mind me now, and take the tops of your sparrowgrass.1865 ‘C. Bede’ Rook's Garden 96 I have heard the word sparrowgrass from the lips of a real Lady—but then she was in her seventies. Compounds attributive, as sparrow-grass bed, sparrow-grass green, sparrow-grass plant. ΚΠ 1658 in W. M. Myddelton Chirk Castle Accts. (1908) 78 Paid..his gardiner that came with sparrowgrasse plants. c1700 T. Houghton in Essex Rev. (1906) XV. 170 The side of the dwelling house which looks toward the sparagrass beds. 1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 28 Sparrow grass green—pale yellowish green with a mixture of grey and brown. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1652
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