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单词 allseed
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allseedn.

Brit. /ˈɔːlsiːd/, U.S. /ˈɔlˌsid/, /ˈɑlˌsid/
Forms:

α. 1500s allseeds.

β. 1600s– allseed.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: all adj., seed n.
Etymology: In α. forms < all adj. + the plural of seed n. In β. forms < all adj. + seed n. In both cases with reference to the great quantity of seed produced by the plants so called. In sense a after post-classical Latin polyspermon (1543 or earlier; also polyspermos (1591 or earlier) < Byzantine Greek πολύσπερμος , use as noun of ancient Greek πολύσπερμος : see polyspermous adj.). In sense b after post-classical Latin millegrana (1570 or earlier; compare Middle French millegrana (1554 or earlier), Italian millegrana (1561 or earlier)). In sense c after scientific Latin Polycarpon, genus name ( Linnaeus Systema Naturæ (ed. 10, 1759) II. 859); compare post-classical Latin polycarpon , denoting knotgrass (early 16th cent. or earlier in translations of Dioscorides; compare sense d; < Hellenistic Greek πολύκαρπον , use as noun of neuter of ancient Greek πολύκαρπος : see polycarpous adj.). In sense d after post-classical Latin millegrana (1622 in millegrana major, or earlier).
Any of various plants producing large amounts of seed; spec.
a. More fully allseed goosefoot. A kind of goosefoot, Chenopodium polyspermum (formerly called Atriplex polysperma). Now rare.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Chenopodiaccae (goose-foot and allies) > [noun] > goose-foot
goose-foot1548
oak of Jerusalem1551
chenopod1555
oak of Paradise1578
stinking motherwort1578
allseed1597
chenopodium1597
good King Harry1597
stinking orach1597
sowbane1657
strawberry blite1753
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. xli. 257 Atriplex syluestris, siue polyspermon. Wild Orach, or all seeds.
1659 R. Lovell Παμβοτανολογια 50 The white blite with much seed, which by some is called all-seed, is a very acceptable baite unto fishes.
1777 S. Robson Brit. Flora 229 Beet Goosefoot. Upright Blite. Allseed. Leaves entire, ovate, stem decumbent, cymes dichotomous, naked, axillary.
1821 S. F. Gray Nat. Arrangem. Brit. Plants II. 286 Wild orach. All-seed. Rubbish and dunghills.
1901 E. D. Marquand Flora Guernsey 157 Chenopodium polyspermum, L. Allseed Goosefoot... Frequent in cultivated fields and gardens in all parts of the island.
1961 E. Salisbury Weeds & Aliens vi. 162 A very distinctive Goosefoot, often common on lighter types of soil, is All Seed (Chenopodium polyspermum).
b. A small annual plant, Radiola liniodes (family Linaceae), with narrow, highly-branched stems and inconspicuous flowers, found chiefly in coastal areas of temperate Eurasia. Also called least rupturewort.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > other plants and herbs > [noun]
allseed1597
lion's ear1835
Arabidopsis1837
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. clxiii. 454 There is another kinde of Herniaria, called Mille grana, or all seed, that groweth vpright a handfull high, with manie small and tender braunches.
1670 J. Ray Catalogus Plantarum Angliæ 211 Millegrana minima... The least Rupture-wort, or All-seed.
1738 Magna Britannia Antiqua & Nova III. 53/2 Millegrana minima, the least Rupturewort, or All-Seed, on Hounslow-Heath.
1819 J. Dugdale New Brit. Traveller II. 347/1 Linum Radiola. The least Rupture-wort or All-seed; on a boggy soil on Epping Forest, a little way in the wood opposite the Bald-faced Stag.
1887 Proc. & Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasgow 1 209 Allseed (Radiola millegrana) is..frequent near the coast, but readily overlooked from its inconspicuousness.
1912 Trans. Carlisle Nat. Hist. Soc. 2 82 Speaking of prizes, the next plant I have to refer to, Radiola millegrana, the Allseed, may, I think, be regarded as such by the Cumberland botanist.
2004 D. E. Allen & G. Hatfield Med. Plants in Folk Trad. 172 Radiola linoides Roth. Allseed. Europe, temperate Asia, Macaronesia, mountains of East Africa.
c. Any of several plants of the genus Polycarpon (family Caryophyllaceae), comprising small annual weeds found worldwide; esp. (more fully four-leaved allseed) P. tetraphyllum, native chiefly to southern Europe but widely naturalized elsewhere.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Caryophyllaceae (chickweeds and allies) > [noun] > other plants belonging to
cow-basil1578
chickweed1597
pink1641
allseed1787
cyphel1787
mouse-ear1799
strapwort1799
1787 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 2) I. 133 Polycarpon. Allseed.
1836 T. Castle Linnæan Artific. Syst. Bot. ii. 6/2 The Four-leaved All-Seed is another small annual of this country, growing in dry and sandy places.
1903 W. S. Furneaux Sea Shore xvi. 412 On the sandy shores of the south-western counties we may meet with the very local Four-leaved Allseed.
2007 O. F. Clarke et al. Flora Santa Ana River & Environs ix. 117 Polycarpon tetraphyllum (allseed, four-leaved polycarp) is found mostly in disturbed environments.
d. The knotgrass, Polygonum aviculare. rare (now historical).
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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
1855 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. II. 318 P. tetraphyllum (Four-leaved All-seed)... The name which it now bears was originally applied to the common Knot-grass (Polygonum aviculare), which it somewhat resembles.
1899 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 10 683 The other species has many names, the most common being All-seed, Knot Grass, and Wire-weed (Polygonum aviculare).
2003 J. Sanders Secrets of Wildflowers 194 This knotweed has many names... It has been called..allseed, because it was, like its cousin buckwheat, used as a grain.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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