| 单词 | jack-in-the-hedge |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjack-in-the-hedge jack-in-the-hedge n. (a) garlic mustard, Alliaria petiolata; = jack-by-the-hedge n.; †(b) a kind of campion (perhaps red campion, Silene dioica) (obsolete rare).Sense (b) is apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > hedge-garlic sauce-alone1530 jack of the hedge1538 jack-by-the-hedge1578 garlic treaclewort1597 poor man's treacle1611 jack-in-the-hedge1675 garlic-mustard1861 Jack-in-the-bush1872 1675 J. Ray Dictionariolum Trilingue 11 Jack in the hedge. Alliaria. 1750 W. Ellis Country Housewife's Family Compan. 129 This Woman gather'd what they call Jack in the Hedge,..that stinks like Onions. 1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. Jack-in-the-hedge, Lychnis diurna. 1941 A. L. Rowse Poems of Decade 111 The many and various scents of the flowers, Cuckoo-pint, cow-parsley and jack-in-the-hedge. 2001 Independent 7 July ii. 14/7 Even relaxed gardeners have a problem with helping out..the Orange-Tip which favours jack-in-the-hedge and charlock. < as lemmas |
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