单词 | popweed |
释义 | popweedn. 1. The bladderwrack, Fucus vesiculosus. Now chiefly North American.The popweed of quot. 1869 has generally been identified as bladderwort ( Utricularia), but later uses by Blackmore make it clear that he is referring to a seaweed. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > bladder-wort water milfoil1578 Utricularia1753 water milfoil1760 bladder-wort1815 hooded milfoil1863 popweed1869 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. vii. 85 I stuck awhile with my toe-balls on the slippery links of the pop-weed. 1872 R. D. Blackmore Maid of Sker lii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 414/1 My passengers..were astray on bladder-weed, pop-weed, del-lusk, oar-weed, ribbons, frills, kelp, wrack, or five-tails—anything you like to call them. 1989 Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News 12 July a10/2 In the Sound, oily kelp seems to be the main threat to fishing. Its local name is popweed, because it has bladders which pop like the bubbles of plastic packing material, and scientists call it fucus. 2003 Bellingham (Washington) Herald (Nexis) 2 May (Lifestyles) 1 c Popweed. Fucus. This common beach seaweed—well known for the air sacs that pop underfoot—is tasty in stir fry dishes. 2. North American. Any of various herbaceous plants of the family Brassicaceae ( Cruciferae) with pods that pop; esp. a bladderpod (genus Lesquerella). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Cruciferae (crucifers) > [noun] > brassica plants wortc1325 colewortc1380 Arabian mustard1640 Indian mustard1731 aethionema1812 brassica1832 popweed1887 1887 Stevens Point (Wisconsin) Jrnl. 26 Nov. The pop-weed is a rank growing weed..; it has a stalk like the cabbage plant, with a large round top. 1961 M. M. Wills & H. S. Irwin Roadside Flowers Texas 120 The 50 species of Bladderpods..are distinctive with their pea-sized bladderlike pods which pop when stepped on, hence another common name, Popweed. 1993 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 15 May h21 Cardamine... Longish pods that explode on touch, shooting seed over the surrounding area, hence the common name pop weed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1869 |
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