单词 | scentless mayweed |
释义 | > as lemmasscentless mayweed Originally (now chiefly U.S.): the stinking chamomile, Anthemis cotula (more fully stinking mayweed). In later use: any of various similar plants of the family Asteraceae ( Compositae), which occur as arable weeds; esp. Tripleurospermum inodorum (more fully scentless mayweed). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > stinking camomile maytheeOE maidenweeda1325 hound-fennela1400 dog fennel?a1425 maidweed1440 mayweed1543 marg1609 Balder brae1847 hog's fennel1931 stinking camomile- 1543 B. Traheron Interpr. Straunge Wordes in tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. sig. ζζ.iiiv/1 Caput monachi..is thought to be the herbe which the Grecians call buphthalmon, that is oxe eye, and whyche we call mayweede. 1557 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandrie sig. C.iii The may wede doth burne, and the thistle doth freate. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 617 1 Cotula fœtida. Maie weede. 2 Cotula lutea. Yellow Maie weede. 1657 C. Beck Universal Char. sig. I4v Oxe-eye, vid. may weed. 1670 J. Ray Catalogus Plantarum Angliæ 84 Cotula fœtida... Stinking Mayweed or Maithes. 1672 J. Josselyn New-Englands Rarities 86 May-weed, excellent for the Mother; some of our English Housewives call it Iron Wort. 1758 R. Brown Compl. Farmer (1759) 94 Rub the place with wormwood, nettles, may-weed. 1794 J. Clark Gen. View Agric. Hereford 22 Ragwort, maywide, wormwood. 1808 W. Pitt Gen. View Agric. Stafford (ed. 2) vii. 85 Stinking chamomile or may-weed (anthemis cotula); a disagreeable and troublesome weed. 1871 Harper's New Monthly Mag. 43 835/2 His belief that the offensively odored weed known in the West as the dog-fennel, but more generally styled the May-weed, possessed valuable antimalarial virtues. a1887 R. Jefferies Toilers of Field (1892) 310 The mayweed fringes the arable fields with its white rays and yellow centre. 1901 C. T. Mohr Plant Life Alabama 55 In its northward spread this plant has largely taken the place of the mayweed (Anthemis cotula). 1964 E. Salisbury Weeds & Aliens (ed. 2) vi. 151 All the Mayweeds are rather resistant to chemical herbicides. 1966 C. A. Heller Wild Flowers Alaska 67 Mayweed. Matricaria ambigua. 1990 Pract. Gardening Nov. 16/4 This one dock will cast as many seeds as a mayweed and your plot will soon be filled with its thuggish offspring. scentless mayweed scentless mayweed n. a plant of Eurasia and North Africa with yellow-centred white flowers, Tripleurospermum maritimum (family Asteraceae ( Compositae)), which resembles stinking chamomile or mayweed ( Anthemis cotula) but has a less aromatic odour. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > other composite plants wild sagea1400 yellow devil's-bita1400 white golda1425 cotula1578 golden cudweed1597 golden tuft1597 rattlesnake root1682 Cape tansy?1711 hawkbit1713 ambrosia1731 cabbage tree1735 hog's eye1749 Osteospermum1754 ox-tongue1760 scentless mayweed1800 old man's beard1804 ox-eye1818 echinacea1825 sheep's beard1836 shepherd's beard1840 cat's-ear1848 goatweed1869 silversword1888 khaki bush1907 venidium1937 khaki bos1947 Namaqualand daisy1963 1800 J. E. Smith Eng. Bot. X. 676 (heading) Corn feverfew. Scentless may-weed. 1857 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. III. 315 Scentless Mayweed..puzzles the young botanist by belying its name, and having an odour which, though not aromatic, is powerful and unpleasant. 1914 A. R. Horwood Story Plant Life Brit. Isles I. 140 The Scentless Mayweed..has a larger flower and a generally darker green colour [than the stinking mayweed]. 2012 S. Fisher Canals of Brit. (ed. 2) l. 272/2 There is also a copse with elder, alder,..and scentless mayweed. < as lemmas |
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