| 单词 | roman nettle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasRoman nettle Roman nettle n. [after Dutch Roomse netel (1554 in Dodoens as †Roomsche netel : see quot. 1578)] a Mediterranean stinging nettle, Urtica pilulifera, (formerly also found in Britain) in which the female flowers form distinctive globular heads. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Urticaceae (nettle and allies) > [noun] nettleeOE dock-nettlea1300 Greekish nettlec1450 Roman nettle1578 red nettle1611 ettle1688 urtica1706 bur-nettle1714 pill nettle1714 nettle plant1764 richweed1814 clearweed1822 sting-nettle1822 ongaonga1842 nettlewort1846 urtical1846 jinny1876 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 129 The first kind is now called..in English, Greek or Romayne Nettel [Fr. Vrtica Romana,..en bas Aleman Roomsche Netelen]. 1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants iv. iii. 169 In Mallow, Holyoak, and all of that kind, they are beset round about with little Thornes; whereby each looks like the Seed-Ball of Roman Nettle. 1834 Penny Cycl. II. 420/2 In the Roman nettle (Urtica pilulifera) they [sc. the flowers] are collected into round heads. 1905 Harper's Mag. Feb. 437/2 When I first visited the inn its air accorded too well with the Roman nettle, which still grows under its walls..to be altogether a knightly residence. 1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 68/2 ‘Roman nettle’, U. pilulifera, occurred as a casual in some parts of Britain until the 1950s. < as lemmas |
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