| 单词 | arrow weed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasarrow weed arrow weed n. (a) arrowhead (genus Sagittaria); (b) U.S. an evergreen shrub native to southwestern United States and northern Mexico, Pluchea sericea (family Asteraceae), which grows in dense thickets and has greyish-green leaves, clusters of purple flowers, and stiff straight stems formerly used by North American Indians to make arrows; cf. arrowwood n.; †(c) U.S. a Mexican shrub Sebastiania pavoniana (family Euphorbiaceae) having leathery, dark green leaves, small yellow flowers, and milky sap used as an arrow poison by North American Indians (obsolete).The seeds of S. pavoniana are also known as jumping beans (see jumping-bean n. (a) at jumping adj. Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > other aquatic plants sea-purslane1548 frog-bit1578 heartwort1578 milkwort1578 water dragon1578 water-liverwort1578 water milfoil1578 water milfoil1578 water radish1578 arrowhead1597 saltwort1597 water archer1597 calla1601 water-rocket1605 sea rocket1611 water archer1617 water chickweed1633 water purslane1633 arsesmart1640 water hyssop1653 water thyme1655 water serpent1659 Myriophyllum1754 least water plantain1756 mud-weed1756 Thalia1756 water-leaf1756 marsh liverwort1760 bastard plantain1762 wool-weed1765 Ruppia1770 goat's foot1773 pipewort1776 blinking chickweed1777 mudwort1789 arrowleaf1805 water-target1814 water willow1814 felwort1816 water shield1817 mermaid weed1822 mud plantain1822 hydrilla1824 blinks1835 crystalwort1846 naiad1846 waterwort1846 arrow weed1848 willow-thorn1857 lattice leaf1866 marsh flower1866 bonnet1869 lattice plant1877 sea-ash1884 alligator weed1887 water parsley1891 water hyacinth1897 lirio1926 neverwet1927 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > North-American wild tea1728 bastard indigo1730 mountain heath1731 groundsel-tree1736 amorpha1751 buttonbush1754 moosewood1778 pipestem wood1791 modesty1809 sand myrtle1814 wicopy1823 lead-plant1833 false indigo1841 sleek-leaf1845 arrow weed1848 rabbit bush1852 ribbonwood1860 rabbit brush1877 sea myrtle1883 pencil tree1884 tar-bush1884 ocean spray1906 1848 J. W. Abert in W. H. Emory Notes Mil. Reconnaissance 434 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (30th Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Exec. Doc. 41) IV At last found some brackish pools..bordered with the..arrow weed (sagittaria sagittifolia). 1859 Banner Liberty (Middletown, N.Y.) 21 Sept. 301/3 After proceeding about half a mile further through heavy thickets of arrow weed, the Major thought it prudent to return to the head of the lagoon. 1876 Field & Forest 2 55 These Mexican jumping seeds,..are derived from a plant called arrow weed, or Yerba de flecha, and Colliguaja by the Mexicans. 1916 John Martin's Ann. 319 They are the seeds of a shrub called the arrow-weed; and each jumping bean contains a tiny worm. 1998 A. M. Rea Folk Mammalogy Northern Pimans v. 71 Arrows were made from..Arrow-weed, Pluchea sericea. 2007 Oecologia 154 177/1 We sampled the base of an emergent plant, arrow weed (Sagittaria). < as lemmas |
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