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单词 hawkweed
释义 hawkweed|ˈhɔːkwiːd|
[transl. of L. hierācium = Gr. ἱεράκιον, f. ἱέραξ hawk, falcon; but the ancient application of the name was different (see Liddell and Scott).]
The common name for plants of the large genus Hieracium (N.O. Compositæ).
Also sometimes loosely applied to other yellow-flowered composites, as Senecio hieracifolius, Picris hieracioides, and the genus Crepis (bastard hawkweed).
[c1000Sax. Leechd. II. 56 Hafocwyrt on hluttrum ealoð.]1562Turner Herbal ii. 14 b, The nature of Hawke wede is to coule and partly to binde.1597Gerarde Herbal ii. xxxii. 232 Haukeweede is also a kinde of Succorie.1794Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xxvi. 381 Hieracium or Hawkweed is a numerous genus of this order.1806J. Galpine Brit. Bot. 340 Picris hieracioides, hawkweed ox-tongue.1849Kingsley Misc., N. Devon II. 281 Crumbling rocks, festooned with heath, and golden hawkweed.
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