单词 | goat weed |
释义 | goat weedn.2 Now rare. Goutweed, Aegopodium podagraria (family Apiaceae), a perennial flowering plant found in moist, shaded environments, having erect triangular stems, broad toothed leaves, and umbels of small white flowers. Also called ashweed, ground elder, herb Gerard. Goat weed is native to Eurasia but has been widely introduced elsewhere as an ornamental garden plant and is now regarded as a weed and invasive species in North America and Australia. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Umbelliferae (umbellifers) > [noun] > gout-weed wild masterwort1523 ashweed1578 herb Gerard1578 gout-wort1597 jump-about1656 goat weed1758 gout-weed1776 English masterwort1866 1758 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 408 Herb gerard, goat-weed or ash-weed. Ægopodium. 1809 W. Mavor Gen. View Agric. Berks. viii. 242 Ægopodium podagraria. Herb gerard, or goat weed... The leaves may be eaten early in the spring with other pot herbs. 1838 Naturalist 3 62 Ægopodium...the leaves being cleft sometimes like a Goat's-foot, whence Goat-weed would be a preferable name to Gout-weed. 1905 Garden 9 Sept. 156/3 The plant sent is..Goat Weed,..a troublesome weed, difficult to eradicate when once established. 1988 Acta Botanica Fennica No. 136 4/2 Many types of edible plants grow in forests, such as Heracleum spp. (cow parsnip),..Aegopodium podagraria (goat weed),..etc. 2007 Grimsby Tel. (Nexis) 8 June To the technical this horrible plant is known as aegopodium podagraria but more common names include bishop's weed, gout weed and goat weed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.21758 |
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