pickerel weedn.

Brit.

/ˈpɪk(ə)rəl wiːd/,

/ˈpɪk(ə)rl̩ wiːd/, U.S.

/ˈpɪk(ə)rəl ˌwid/

Forms: see pickerel n.¹ and weed n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pickerel n.¹, weed n.¹

Etymology: < pickerel n.¹ + weed n.¹, so called from the belief that the plant was the source of young pike (compare quot. 1653 at sense 1).

1. Chiefly English regional. Any of several aquatic plants found in still waters where pike breed and which were formerly believed to be the actual source of the young pike, esp. species of pondweed ( Potamogeton) and water crowfoot ( Ranunculus subgenus Batrachium). Now rare.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > pondweed

pondweed1578

water spike1578

water caltrop1597

potamogeton1601

frog's lettuce1633

pickerel weed1653

pondweed1706

flatter-dock1820

tench-weeda1825

fish-leaves1886

1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler vii. 148 His feeding is..sometime a weed of his owne, called Pikrel-weed, of which..some think some Pikes are bred.

1739 M. Browne Poems 92 Can'st thou tell how Worms of Moisture breed? Or Pike are gender'd of the Pickerel-Weed?

1778 R. Brookes Art of Angling (ed. 5) 145 The Pike usually feeds on Fish or Frogs, and sometimes on a Weed of his own, called the Pickerel-weed. It is a vulgar error, that Pikes are bred on this weed.

1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 276 Pickarel-weed is..well known in Suffolk and Cambridge—and the idea that the sun's heat helps the breeding of pike in it, is common.

1864 Botanists' Chron. 45 The Ranunculus aquaticus, Bentham. has been pointed out to me by watermen as Pickerell-weed... I presume that pike..deposit their spawn on these plants by preference.

1898 Living Age 5 Nov. 359/2 Franck..took him [sc. Walton] to task in Stafford for asserting that pike were bred of pickerel weed.

2. Originally North American. Any of several aquatic North American plants of the genus Pontederia (family Pontederiaceae), esp. P. cordata, having sagittate leaves and spikes of blue flowers. Cf. pickerel flower n.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > pickerel-weed

pickerel weed1785

pickerel flower1842

camalote1881

1785 M. Cutler in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1 433 Pontederia..Pickerel-weed. Blue Spike. Blossoms blue. Common on the borders of ponds and rivers. July.

1836 R. W. Emerson Beauty in Nature iii. 23 In July, the blue pontederia or pickerel-weed blooms in large beds in the shallow parts of our pleasant river.

1868 B. J. Lossing Hudson (new ed.) 21 This in the books, is called Pickerel Weed (Pontederia cordata..), but the guides call it moose-head.

1910 Atlantic Monthly Sept. 428 Butterflies flicker in and out of the mint and the pickerel-weed and the rushes.

1982 C. R. Bell & B. J. Taylor Florida Wild Flowers 48 Pickerel Weed, Pontederia cordata... This common weedy perennial..may completely fill shallow ponds, streams, marshes, and wet ditches.

2001 Water Gardening Oct. 18/3 Make summer special with an interweave of pink-headed flowering rush Butomus umbellatus and sky-blue pickerel weed (Pontederia cordata).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pickerel weed
释义	pickerel weedn. Brit. /ˈpɪk(ə)rəl wiːd/, /ˈpɪk(ə)rl̩ wiːd/, U.S. /ˈpɪk(ə)rəl ˌwid/ Forms: see pickerel n.¹ and weed n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pickerel n.¹, weed n.¹ Etymology: < pickerel n.¹ + weed n.¹, so called from the belief that the plant was the source of young pike (compare quot. 1653 at sense 1). 1. Chiefly English regional. Any of several aquatic plants found in still waters where pike breed and which were formerly believed to be the actual source of the young pike, esp. species of pondweed ( Potamogeton) and water crowfoot ( Ranunculus subgenus Batrachium). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > pondweed pondweed1578 water spike1578 water caltrop1597 potamogeton1601 frog's lettuce1633 pickerel weed1653 pondweed1706 flatter-dock1820 tench-weeda1825 fish-leaves1886 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler vii. 148 His feeding is..sometime a weed of his owne, called Pikrel-weed, of which..some think some Pikes are bred. View more context for this quotation 1739 M. Browne Poems 92 Can'st thou tell how Worms of Moisture breed? Or Pike are gender'd of the Pickerel-Weed? 1778 R. Brookes Art of Angling (ed. 5) 145 The Pike usually feeds on Fish or Frogs, and sometimes on a Weed of his own, called the Pickerel-weed. It is a vulgar error, that Pikes are bred on this weed. 1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 276 Pickarel-weed is..well known in Suffolk and Cambridge—and the idea that the sun's heat helps the breeding of pike in it, is common. 1864 Botanists' Chron. 45 The Ranunculus aquaticus, Bentham. has been pointed out to me by watermen as Pickerell-weed... I presume that pike..deposit their spawn on these plants by preference. 1898 Living Age 5 Nov. 359/2 Franck..took him [sc. Walton] to task in Stafford for asserting that pike were bred of pickerel weed. 2. Originally North American. Any of several aquatic North American plants of the genus Pontederia (family Pontederiaceae), esp. P. cordata, having sagittate leaves and spikes of blue flowers. Cf. pickerel flower n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > pickerel-weed pickerel weed1785 pickerel flower1842 camalote1881 1785 M. Cutler in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1 433 Pontederia..Pickerel-weed. Blue Spike. Blossoms blue. Common on the borders of ponds and rivers. July. 1836 R. W. Emerson Beauty in Nature iii. 23 In July, the blue pontederia or pickerel-weed blooms in large beds in the shallow parts of our pleasant river. 1868 B. J. Lossing Hudson (new ed.) 21 This in the books, is called Pickerel Weed (Pontederia cordata..), but the guides call it moose-head. 1910 Atlantic Monthly Sept. 428 Butterflies flicker in and out of the mint and the pickerel-weed and the rushes. 1982 C. R. Bell & B. J. Taylor Florida Wild Flowers 48 Pickerel Weed, Pontederia cordata... This common weedy perennial..may completely fill shallow ponds, streams, marshes, and wet ditches. 2001 Water Gardening Oct. 18/3 Make summer special with an interweave of pink-headed flowering rush Butomus umbellatus and sky-blue pickerel weed (Pontederia cordata). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1653
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