† breadwortn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English bread , brede n.³, wort n.¹

Etymology: < bread, variant of brede n.³ + wort n.¹In later use the first element was sometimes mistakenly identified with bread n. (compare quot. 1849).

Obsolete.

Any of several knotgrasses of (or formerly included in) the genus Polygonum, esp. common knotgrass, P. aviculare.

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swine's grasslOE

bird's-tonguea1300

sparrow's-tonguea1400

corrigiolec1400

swinecress?a1425

knot-grass1538

way-grass1565

centinode1611

pinkweed1657

breadwort1736

stone-weed1847

allseed1855

knotwort1864

wire-weed1864

willow weed1866

knotweed1884

1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ II. at Polygonum The herb knotgrass, breadwort.

1831 L. Lloyd Field Sports North of Europe II. (ed. 2) xviii. 254 In the summer season the dal ripa feeds upon the leaves of various plants..especially the seed-vessels and seeds of the knot-grass, or bread-wort, (Polygonum Vipiparum).

1849 R. H. Webb & W. H. Coleman Flora Hertfordiensis 246 Polygonum or Knotgrass..whose seeds afford subsistence to numerous small birds, and in some instances to man: hence the English name Breadwort.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020).

单词	breadwort
释义	† breadwortn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English bread , brede n.³, wort n.¹ Etymology: < bread, variant of brede n.³ + wort n.¹In later use the first element was sometimes mistakenly identified with bread n. (compare quot. 1849). Obsolete. Any of several knotgrasses of (or formerly included in) the genus Polygonum, esp. common knotgrass, P. aviculare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > knot-grass swine's grasslOE bird's-tonguea1300 sparrow's-tonguea1400 corrigiolec1400 swinecress?a1425 knot-grass1538 way-grass1565 centinode1611 pinkweed1657 breadwort1736 stone-weed1847 allseed1855 knotwort1864 wire-weed1864 willow weed1866 knotweed1884 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ II. at Polygonum The herb knotgrass, breadwort. 1831 L. Lloyd Field Sports North of Europe II. (ed. 2) xviii. 254 In the summer season the dal ripa feeds upon the leaves of various plants..especially the seed-vessels and seeds of the knot-grass, or bread-wort, (Polygonum Vipiparum). 1849 R. H. Webb & W. H. Coleman Flora Hertfordiensis 246 Polygonum or Knotgrass..whose seeds afford subsistence to numerous small birds, and in some instances to man: hence the English name Breadwort. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020). < n.1736
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