Also sheep-killing penny-grass. Marsh pennywort, Hydrocotyle vulgaris. Cf. pennywort, n. b, penny-rot, n. Obsolete.
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释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > marsh pennywort (9) sheep-killing penny-grass?1523 Also sheep-killing penny-grass. Marsh pennywort, Hydrocotyle vulgaris. Cf. pennywort, n. b, penny-rot, n. Obsolete. wood-nep1526 see quots. pennywort1578 Any of various plants with small round leaves; spec. More fully marsh pennywort, water pennywort. A small creeping plant with round undivided leaves… sheep-killing pennygrass1578 Hydrocotyle vulgaris. fluke-wort1597 (see quot. 1861). penny-rot1597 Marsh pennywort, Hydrocotyle vulgaris, formerly supposed to cause liver rot in sheep. Cf. penny-grass, n. 3, rot, n.1 3d. sheep's bane1597 marsh pennywort, Hydrocotyle vulgaris, in the West Indies H. umbellata. white rot1597 Chiefly English regional (originally northern). Marsh pennywort, Hydrocotyle vulgaris (formerly believed to cause liver rot in sheep). Formerly… fairies' table1878 (a) the field mushroom, Agaricus campestris; (b) marsh pennywort, Hydrocotyle vulgaris. |
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