单词 | patience dock |
释义 | patience dockn. 1. English regional (northern). The plant bistort, Polygonum bistorta. Cf. passions n., passion dock n., patient dock n. at patient adj. and n. Compounds 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Polygonaceae (dock and allies) > [noun] > bistort and allies adderwortOE arsesmarta1300 persicarya1400 persicaria?a1450 polygonya1500 buckwheat1548 polygonum1562 passions1568 bistort1578 oysterloit1578 goat's wheat1597 peachwort1597 plumbago1597 redshank1597 snake-weed1597 dragonwort1656 smartweed1787 patience dock1796 red-legs1820 passion dock1828 smartgrass1837 mud knotweed1845 jointweed1866 tear-thumb1866 pinch-weed1883 knotweed1884 sachaline1901 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 383 The young shoots are eaten in herb pudding in the North of England,..and about Manchester, they are substituted for greens under the name of Patience Dock. 1872 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. Sept. 631/1 The young shoots are eaten under the name of Patience Dock. 1958 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora (1975) 247 Easter Ledger Pudding, in which Polygonum bistorta is an ingredient, is still eaten in the Lake District at Easter time, or properly in Passion-tide, the last two weeks of Lent, which explains ‘Passion Dock’ and ‘Patience Dock’. 1994 Guardian 14 Sept. i. 19/3 Its Easter connection is reflected in its various local names: passion dock or patience dock, Easter mangiant [etc.]. 2. A dock, Rumex patientia, formerly much grown as a pot-herb. Cf. patience n.2, patient dock n. at patient adj. and n. Compounds 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Polygonaceae (dock and allies) > [noun] > dock and allies red dockeOE dockc1000 rhubarbc1390 docken1423 patience?a1425 round dock1526 Rumex1565 wild patience1578 bloody dock1597 monk's rhubarb1597 Welsh sorrel1640 butterdock1688 mountain rhapontic1728 mountain sorrel1753 Rheum1753 redshank1810 patience dock1816 fiddle-dock1823 canaigre1868 nettle-docken1891 1816–20 T. Green Universal Herbal II. 498 Rumex Patientia; Patience Dock, or Rhubarb. 1822 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening iii. i. 715 Herb Patience, or Patience Dock..is a hardy perennial plant, a native of Italy, introduced in 1573. 1859 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1857–8 3 513 Patience dock comes early, and makes good greens. 1926 K. A. Wiegand & A. J. Eames Flora of Cayuga Lake Basin, N.Y.: Vascular Plants 186 Patientia L. Patience Dock. Roadsides and fields, in rich loamy soils. 1940 J. A. Steyermark Spring Flora Missouri 164 Patience Dock (Rumex Patientia L. var. kurdicus Boiss.). Smooth stout perennial plant, 2-5 ft. (6-15 dm.) tall. 1973 C. A. Wilson Food & Drink in Brit. vi. 204 Many other large-leaved green plants were employed in this pottage, including..patience dock, borage and bugloss. 1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 111/1 Monk's-rhubarb, R. pseudoalpinus... Like patience dock, R. patientia, it is a native of continental Europe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmaspatience dock patience dock n. (or passions dock) R. patientia; also locally applied to Polygonum bistorta.extracted from dockn.1< n.1796 as lemmas |
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