单词 | pinkweed |
释义 | pinkweedn.1 Either of two plants of the genus Polygonum: (a) knotgrass, P. aviculare (English regional (northern) in later use); (b) U.S. smartweed, P. pennsylvanicum. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > knot-grass swine's grasslOE bird's-tonguea1300 sparrow's-tonguea1400 corrigiolec1400 swinecress?a1425 knot-grass1538 way-grass1565 centinode1611 pinkweed1657 breadwort1736 stone-weed1847 allseed1855 knotwort1864 wire-weed1864 willow weed1866 knotweed1884 1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden ccxxi. 348 It is called..in English Knot-Grasse..: some also call it Pink-Weed, and some Nine Joynts of its great number of Joynts. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Pink-weed, Polygonum aviculare. 1903 R. H. Howard in Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 514/1 [N. Yorks.] Pink-weed, [the knot-grass]. 1933 J. K. Small Man. Southeastern Flora 456 P. pennsylvanica... Pinkweed... Fla. to Tex., Minn., and N.S. 1991 Amer. Midland Naturalist 126 95 Pinkweed (Polygonum pensylvanicum). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11657 |
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