| 单词 | common restharrow |
| 释义 | > as lemmascommon restharrow Any of various small perennial shrubs constituting the chiefly European genus Ononis (family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae)), having prostrate woody stems and tough roots; esp. (more fully common restharrow) O. repens, which has pink flowers and oval leaves and is common in chalk grassland and coastal areas. Frequently with distinguishing word. Cf. cammock n.1 1.thorny restharrow: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > [noun] > rest-harrow cammockc1000 ironhardOE restelbowea1400 restharrow?1550 petty whin1551 gammock1578 ground furze1578 ground-furze1578 fin1649 cat whin1684 sitfast1808 thorny rest-harrow1822 land-whina1825 lady-whin1886 ?1550 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Healthe sig. O.iii Take of..Plantayne, Starewort, Scabiouse, & of the rote of restharowe. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 35v In some place for hindring and staying the Husbandman it is called Rest harrow. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique v. v. 667 The couchgrasse and that which is called rest-harrow make shew to be more standing tenants. 1648 J. Bobart Eng. Catal. at Restharrow, in Catalogus Plantarum Horti Medici Oxoniensis Smooth Restharrow, Anonis non spinosa. White flowr'd Restharrow, Anonis flo. albo. 1718 J. Gardiner tr. R. Rapin Of Gardens (ed. 2) i. 41 Restharrow whose tough Root obstructs the Plough. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxv. 355 Restharrows are lowly kinds of shrubs, or rather undershrubs, with purple flowers. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 944 On light soils, the rest-harrow..is a great pest. 1870 W. Robinson Wild Garden iv. 180 Most people who admire wild flowers must have been struck with the beauty of the common Restharrow, which spreads such a sheet of delicate colour over many a chalk cliff and sandy pasture. 1927 M. Moore Let. 31 July in Sel. Lett. (1997) 233 L. pointed out many butterflies & plants, a golden fritillary, a marble white butterfly, wild thyme.., rest harrow..and much else. 1952 P. Mann Systematics Flowering Plants ii. 123 In Spiny Restharrow the leaves are reduced and the branches short and thorny. 2007 Guardian (Nexis) 14 July (Weekend Suppl.) 87 Restharrow carpets dunes around our coast, its spangle of pink flowers being highly perfumed to attract the scarce pollinating insects. < as lemmas |
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