one-bladen.
/ˈwʌnbleɪd/, U.S. /ˈwənˈbleɪd/ Now rare.
The false lily of the valley or May lily, Maianthemum bifolium, which has a large solitary basal leaf and two smaller stem leaves. Cf. one-leaf n.
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1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xxvi. 178 Monophillon..may be also called in English, one Leafe, one Blade, or Singleleafe.
1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) One-blade..an Herb good, especially in wounds of the Nerves.
1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum Monophyllum, sive Unifolium, in English, one Blade, it grows in moist shadowy and grassy places of woods.
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 321 One Blade, Convallaria.
1886 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13 225 Smilacina bifolia. ‘The One-blade’... A very pretty illustration accompanied by a short description of its use as a rock-plant.
1924 N.E.D. Unifoil, the plant one-blade, Smilacina bifolia.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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