| 单词 | bristly ox-tongue |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbristly ox-tongue b. Any of several plants of the genus Picris (family Asteraceae ( Compositae)), allied to the hawkweeds, which are covered with hooked bristles and have yellow flowers; esp. (more fully bristly ox-tongue) P. echioides, which is native to the Mediterranean and widely naturalized elsewhere. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > other composite plants wild sagea1400 yellow devil's-bita1400 white golda1425 cotula1578 golden cudweed1597 golden tuft1597 rattlesnake root1682 Cape tansy?1711 hawkbit1713 ambrosia1731 cabbage tree1735 hog's eye1749 Osteospermum1754 ox-tongue1760 scentless mayweed1800 old man's beard1804 ox-eye1818 echinacea1825 sheep's beard1836 shepherd's beard1840 cat's-ear1848 goatweed1869 silversword1888 khaki bush1907 venidium1937 khaki bos1947 Namaqualand daisy1963 ?a1425 (?1373) Lelamour Herbal (1938) f. 40 (MED) Lingua Bouis. Longedebeffe oþer oxetonge..ys hote and moiste. ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh.) (1950) 169 Lingua bouis is an herbe þat men clepe langedebef or oxtungge..haȝt scharp lewys..a ȝelwȝ flour..and it haȝt a long stalke. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 235 Sharpe Haukeweede hath leaues like to those of Languedebeefe or Oxetoong. 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum Ox-Tongue, or Langdebuefe, see Hieracium. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 321 Ox-tongue, Picris. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) III. 673 Picris echioides... Common Ox-tongue. Lang de boeuf. Borders of cornfields. 1858 Penny Cycl. 2nd Suppl. 301/1 There is but one species [of the genus] inhabiting Great Britain, H[elminthia] echioides, the Ox-Tongue... The branches, stem, leaves, and involucre are covered with strong prickles springing from white tubercles, and with 3 minute hooks at the apex. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 Oct. 4/2 In the long, dry grass at the foot of the hedge stands out the yellow ‘bristly oxtongue’—stem and leaves all frosted with white glands. 1920 J. Vaughan Music of Wild Flowers x. 89 A relative of the sea-cabbage, known as black-mustard,..is the characteristic plant on the sloping cliffs of Durlston Bay, where, with teazle and burdock, with ox-tongue and hound's-tongue..it makes a fine show. 1991 Times 19 Aug. 15/1 Bristly ox-tongue..is like a gnarled, grey-leaved dandelion. < as lemmas |
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