单词 | smartweed |
释义 | smartweedn. Chiefly U.S. Any of several bitter-tasting plants included or formerly included in the genus Polygonum (family Polygonaceae); esp. water pepper, Persicaria hydropiper. Also with distinguishing word.pale, water smartweed: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Polygonaceae (dock and allies) > [noun] > bistort and allies adderwortOE arsesmarta1300 persicarya1400 persicaria?a1450 polygonya1500 buckwheat1548 polygonum1562 passions1568 bistort1578 oysterloit1578 goat's wheat1597 peachwort1597 plumbago1597 redshank1597 snake-weed1597 dragonwort1656 smartweed1787 patience dock1796 red-legs1820 passion dock1828 smartgrass1837 mud knotweed1845 jointweed1866 tear-thumb1866 pinch-weed1883 knotweed1884 sachaline1901 1787 W. Marshall Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Norfolk II. 388 Smartweed,..biting and pale-flowered persicarias; arsmart. 1848 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 16 247 The Smart-weed as a Remedy for Mercurial Salivation. 1880 E. C. Rollins New Eng. Bygones ii. 24 About my grandfather's gate smart-weed and dock-weed and plantain grew profusely. 1917 E. E. Shaw Garden Flowers Summer II. 180 Lady's Thumb is one of the Smartweeds used for planting in backgrounds of borders and gardens. 1968 R. T. Peterson & M. McKenny Field Guide Wildflowers Northeastern & North-central N. Amer. 274 Polygonum orientale. The most showy of all the smartweeds. 1989 Crossroads (Shoal Lake, Manitoba) 25 July 11/2 Swamp smartweed is a perennial weed which grows in viny mats from underground root stalks. 2002 W. Fiennes Snow Geese (2003) ii. 94 Michael pointed out..bromegrass, wormwood sage and little red shoots of smartweed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1787 |
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