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单词 nipplewort
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nipplewortn.

Brit. /ˈnɪplwəːt/, U.S. /ˈnɪplˌwərt/, /ˈnɪplˌwɔrt/
Forms: see nipple n. and wort n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nipple n., wort n.1
Etymology: < nipple n. + wort n.1 (compare quot. 1640 at sense 1).
1. An annual plant with numerous small yellow flower heads, Lapsana communis (family Asteraceae ( Compositae)), native to Europe and common by roadsides and in disturbed ground.
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dock-cress1597
swine's succory1597
nipplewort1640
wart succory1760
swinecress1855
succory dock-cress1857
dwarf nipplewort1866
1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 811 It is good to heale the Vlcers of the nipples of womens breasts, and thereupon I have entituled it Nipplewort in English.
1666 C. Merrett Pinax Rerum Naturalium Britannicarum 69 Lampsana, Dock-cresses.., ordinary Niple-wort.
1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 148 The Bee-eater..feeds..upon the Sees of Nipplewort, Bastard Parsley, Turnep.
1712 Philos. Trans. 1710–12 (Royal Soc.) 27 381 Having..small yellow Flowers like Nipplewort.
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) III. 693 Common Nipplewort,..Hedges, shady places, and on rubbish.
1863 M. Plues Rambles in Search of Wild Flowers 164 The common Nipplewort..bears its small yellow flowers in panicles.
1895 Bot. Gaz. 20 492 How many herbaria can show the open flowers of such species of the Ligulifloræ as Lampsana communis L., the nipple-wort?
1981 Glasgow Archaeol. Jrnl. 8 10/1 Both the foliage and seeds of nipplewort (Lapsana communis L.) are edible.
2001 Mirror (Electronic ed.) 7 June He amused guests with some of the flowers' names, which included nipplewort, swine's succory and Spanish catchfly.
2. In full dwarf nipplewort. The related plant lamb's succory, Arnoseris minima, now extinct in Britain. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > nipplewort
dock-cress1597
swine's succory1597
nipplewort1640
wart succory1760
swinecress1855
succory dock-cress1857
dwarf nipplewort1866
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 92/2 Arnoseris, Nipplewort.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 791/1 Nipplewort, Dwarf, Arnoseris pusilla.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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