单词 | small henbit |
释义 | > as lemmassmall henbit 1. Ivy-leaved speedwell, Veronica hederifolia, a common arable and garden weed. More fully (and in later use only) small henbit. Now rare.This plant has also been called ivy chickweed and ivy-leaved chickweed. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > other weeds zizanya1400 hog's fennel1525 zizania1526 eyebright1578 henbit1578 red eye-bright1657 common orache1728 sitfast1762 winter weed1787 dubbeltjie1795 red bartsia1805 tread-softly1814 rattlesnake leaf1822 popple1855 horse-nettle1860 Cape weed1878 tree-tobacco1895 king devil1898 khaki weed1907 white top1909 three-corner jack1919 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xxxv. 51 The fourth kinde [of Chickeweede] (called of the base Almaignes Hoenderbeet) that is to say Henbit, hath many rounde and hearie stemmes... The floures be blew or purple. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 492 Iuie Chickweede or small Henbit. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Mauvais œil, Ivie Chickweed, Morgeline, Henbit. 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. ii. 262 They [sc. Canary-birds] delight in..that sort of Chickweed or Mouse-ear, which they commonly call Henbit [L. morsum gallinæ]. 1714 W. Derham Physico-theol. (ed. 3) iv. xv. 246 In a Scarcity in Silesia, a mighty Rumour was spread of its raining Millet-Seed. But..'twas found to be only the Seeds of the Ivy-leaved Speedwell, or small Henbit. 1873 J. G. Wood Cal. of Months 28 In this month we first see the pretty little pale blue flower of the Small Henbit (Veronica hederifolia). 1923 Amer. Botanist 29 64 Veronica hederaefolia is the..‘mother of wheat’, ‘small henbit’, and ‘winterweed’ from its appearance or place of growth. 1999 J. H. Wiersema & B. León World Econ. Plants 712/2 Small henbit–Veronica hederifolia. < as lemmas |
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