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单词 water spike
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water spiken.

Forms: see water n. and spike n.2
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: water n., spike n.2
Etymology: < water n. + spike n.2, after Middle French espi d'eau (1557 in the source translated in quot. 1578, as an alternative name of the plant; French épi d'eau).
Obsolete.
A pondweed of the genus Potamogeton.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > pondweed
pondweed1578
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water caltrop1597
potamogeton1601
frog's lettuce1633
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tench-weeda1825
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1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. lxxi. 104 The first..of these kindes of floting herbes..is called water spyke, or most commonly Pondeweede [Fr. Potamogeton, Du. fonteyncruyt].
1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 134/1 Potamogeton, fontinalis,..water speeke, pondweede, or wotergrasse.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxvi. viii. 250 Waterspeeke or Pondweed [Fr. l'herbe des estangs; L. potamogītōn], called in Greek Potamogeton.
1710 W. Salmon Botanologia II. at Riverwort (Index Plantarum) Water-spike.
1855 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. V. 329 Potamogeton natans..An old name for this plant was Water spike.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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