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单词 pinkweed
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pinkweedn.1

Brit. /ˈpɪŋkwiːd/, U.S. /ˈpɪŋkˌwid/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pink adj.2, weed n.1
Etymology: < pink adj.2 + weed n.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.
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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).
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