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单词 hogweed
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hogweedn.

Brit. /ˈhɒɡwiːd/, U.S. /ˈhɔɡˌwid/, /ˈhɑɡˌwid/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hog n.1, weed n.1
Etymology: < hog n.1 + weed n.1 Compare hog n.1 Compounds 2e.
1. Originally: any of various European plants chiefly growing as weeds of cultivated land which are eaten by or used as food for pigs, or which are thought fit only for pigs. In later use: spec. any of several plants of the genus Heracleum (family Apiaceae ( Umbelliferae)), esp. cow parsnip, H. sphondylium, common on roadsides and in meadows, with tall stems bearing clusters of small white flowers.giant hogweed: see the first element.
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bastard slipa1398
infirmity1597
noxious weed1621
hogweed1655
runchie1715
rogue1727
weedling1820
1655 Antheologia 89 [It] hath gotten the name of Hog-weed, because it is the principall Bill of fare whereon creatures of your kind make their common repast.
1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming i. 18 It lies there of a considerable Depth, free from Stone, and clear from the great, deep Hogweed, Cat's tail, and other Trumpery.
1771 E. Burke Let. 10 Sept. in Corr. (1960) II. 240 My experiment of the cultivation of that species of the wild parsnip which they call Hog weed, did not answer.
1807 A. Young Gen. View Agric. Essex II. vii. 87 HogweedPolygonum aviculare... This weed is a great plague on the bean stubbles.
1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words I. 330 Hogweed, the common sowthistle. Sonchus arvensis.
1858 R. Hogg Veg. Kingdom 379 Heracleum sphondylium or Common Cow Parsnip..The whole plant is a wholesome and nourishing food for cattle, and is gathered in Sussex for fattening hogs, and hence called Hog-weed.
1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 223 Cow Parsnip, hogweed... Used up and down the country as a pig food.
1965 Times 14 Aug. 9/4 I flowered for the first time Heracleum mantegazzianum.., in effect a hogweed 9ft. high with a magnificent umbel.
2003 Observer 29 June (Mag.) 48/2 The common hogweed..can be just as aggressive in its ability to burn, thanks to the furocoumarins in the sap which make skin hypersensitive to sunlight.
2. Any of several plants native to the Caribbean; spec. (a) a plant of the genus Boerhavia (family Nyctaginaceae), formerly used as food for pigs; (b) (more fully poison hogweed, poisonous hogweed) the pelican flower, Aristolochia grandiflora (obsolete rare).
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > non-British plants or herbs > [noun] > American or West Indian
masterwort1523
hogweed1707
black root1709
many-seed1750
Martynia1753
Maranta1754
hog meat1756
iron1756
Evolvulus1764
zebra plant1826
turkey-flower1843
vriesia1843
Spanish needles1846
turkey-blossom1849
horse poison1851
St Martin's herb1860
goatweed1864
wake-robin1864
frog-bit1866
herb of St. Martin1866
pipi1866
goatweed1869
cigar-plant1961
1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. 210 Hogweed. Hogs feed on this herb with much delight.
1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 123 Hogweed..is frequently gathered for the hogs, and thought to be very fattening and wholesome food for them.
1814 J. Lunan Hortus Jamaicensis II. 46 Pelican Flower, or Poison Hogweed... The flower is of a very singular structure.
1858 R. Hogg Veg. Kingdom 643 A. grandiflora, a native of the West Indies... The roots are bitter..and are said to be destructive to swine..hence the plant is called Poisonous Hog-weed.
1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 784/2 List of Colonial Names... Hogweed: Boerhavia.
1898 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 11 277 Bœrhaavia erecta, L., hogweed (Dewey).
1909 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Bot. Gardens, Kew) No. 1. 13 Hogweed, or Pigweed (Boerhaavia diffusa).—This is a perennial plant with spreading stems growing sometimes several feet long.
3. North American. Any of various plants of the genus Ambrosia, esp. common ragweed, A. artemisiifolia.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Umbelliferae (umbellifers) > [noun] > ragweed or ambrosia
oak of Cappadocia1597
stickweed1705
ragweed1790
hogweed1811
1811 D. Hosack Hortus Elginensis (ed. 2) 4 (table) Ambrosia..Hogweed.
1873 Trans. Kansas Board Agric. 1872 359 A. artemisiæfolia. Hogweed. Roman Wormwood.
1879 A. I. Root ABC Bee Culture 140 The common rag weed, Ambrosia artemisæfolia, also sometimes called bitter weed, or hog weed, bears two distinct, and entirely unlike flowers.
1944 Coshocton (Ohio) Tribune 6 July 2/2 The common ragweed, also known as hogweed and bitterweed (Ambrosia artemisifolia), is a branching annual plant.
1996 Weed Technol. 10 237/1 For a long time the weed was known as Roman wormwood and hogweed. A troublesome weed that is very generally distributed throughout the U.S.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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