| 单词 | nettlewort |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnettlewort nettlewort n. now rare †(a) a kind of fern; = maidenhair n. 1 (obsolete); (b) any of various nettle-like plants constituting the genus Acalypha (family Euphorbiaceae); (c) (J. Lindley's name for) a plant of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Euphorbiaceae (spurges and allies) > [noun] catapucec1386 Euphorbiaa1398 spurgea1400 tithymala1400 faitour's grassc1440 cat's-grassc1450 nettlewort1523 essell1527 lint-spurge1548 sea wartwort1548 spurge thyme1548 line-spurge1562 myrtle spurge1562 sun spurge1562 wolf's-milk1575 cypress tithymal1578 devil's milk1578 mercury1578 sea-spurge1597 sun tithymal1597 welcome to our house1597 wood-spurge1597 Euphorbium1606 milk-reed1611 milkwort1640 sun-turning spurge1640 spurge-wort1647 caper-bush1673 Portland spurge1715 milkweed1736 Medusa's head1760 little-good1808 welcome-home-husband1828 three-seeded mercury1846 cat's-milk1861 turnsole1863–79 mole-tree1864 snow-on-the-mountain1873 seven sisters1879 caper-plant1882 asthma herb1887 mountain snow1889 crown of thorns1890 olifants melkbos1898 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Urticaceae (nettle and allies) > [noun] nettleeOE dock-nettlea1300 Greekish nettlec1450 Roman nettle1578 red nettle1611 ettle1688 urtica1706 bur-nettle1714 pill nettle1714 nettle plant1764 richweed1814 clearweed1822 sting-nettle1822 ongaonga1842 nettlewort1846 urtical1846 jinny1876 1523 in T. Hunt Plant Names Medieval Eng. (1989) 9 [Adiantos] þe more maydenhere or netilwort. 1834 Miller's Dict. Gardening 46 Acalypha.., Nettle Wort. 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 261 Nettleworts will then be easily known from Morads and Hempworts, which have a hooked embryo. 1897 Science 6 400/1 A somewhat later appearance of aphanisis gave rise to..the spurgeworts and nettleworts from the mallow type. 1921 M. Pedler Splendid Folly xii. 139 ‘Perhaps there's a stinging-nettle or two labelled with your name,’ she answered lightly. ‘The Nettlewort Erringtonia,’ she added, smiling. 1980 A. D. J. Flowerdew in M. Bulmer Social Res. & Royal Comm. vii. 89 The threatened extinction of the last remaining habitat of the broad-leaved nettle-wort in North Hertfordshire. < as lemmas |
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