neverwetn.

Brit.

/ˈnɛvəwɛt/, U.S.

/ˈnɛvərˈwɛt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: never adv., wet adj.

Etymology: < never adv. + wet adj., so called on account of its water-repellent leaves.

Chiefly U.S. colloquial.

The golden-club, Orontium aquaticum (family Araceae), an aquatic plant of swamps and wetlands in the south-eastern U.S.

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1927 Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 38 320 The plants recorded from this habitat [sc. the Okefenokee swamp] include the following:..Orontium aquaticum ‘Never-wet’.

1932 Ecol. Monogr. 2 125 Amongst ‘bonnets’ are occasional small patches of ‘never-wet’ [appar. from a journal entry dated 25 June 1912].

1940 V. Bell Swamp Water 199 Long before noon he was back in the swamp..the boat whispering against the pickerelweed and never-wet leaves.

1968 J. McPhee Pine Barrens iv. 59 There is a plant in the Pine Barrens that has velvety, magical leaves to which water absolutely will not adhere. Its common name is golden club. The pineys call it neverwet.

1984 E. Hoagland Balancing Acts (1993) 322 Everywhere there was neverwet, its spadix shaped like a thick pencil, white with a golden tip.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	neverwet
释义	neverwetn. Brit. /ˈnɛvəwɛt/, U.S. /ˈnɛvərˈwɛt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: never adv., wet adj. Etymology: < never adv. + wet adj., so called on account of its water-repellent leaves. Chiefly U.S. colloquial. The golden-club, Orontium aquaticum (family Araceae), an aquatic plant of swamps and wetlands in the south-eastern U.S. 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 1927 Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 38 320 The plants recorded from this habitat [sc. the Okefenokee swamp] include the following:..Orontium aquaticum ‘Never-wet’. 1932 Ecol. Monogr. 2 125 Amongst ‘bonnets’ are occasional small patches of ‘never-wet’ [appar. from a journal entry dated 25 June 1912]. 1940 V. Bell Swamp Water 199 Long before noon he was back in the swamp..the boat whispering against the pickerelweed and never-wet leaves. 1968 J. McPhee Pine Barrens iv. 59 There is a plant in the Pine Barrens that has velvety, magical leaves to which water absolutely will not adhere. Its common name is golden club. The pineys call it neverwet. 1984 E. Hoagland Balancing Acts (1993) 322 Everywhere there was neverwet, its spadix shaped like a thick pencil, white with a golden tip. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1927
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