单词 | swine's arnit |
释义 | > as lemmasswine's arnit swine's arnit n. (also swine arnot, swine's arnut) Scottish a subspecies of tall oat-grass, Arrhenatherum elatius subsp. bulbosum, which has tuber-like roots and can become a troublesome weed of arable land (also in plural); a root of this plant. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > [noun] > stachys or hedge nettle strait horehound1548 clown's all-heal1597 hedge-nettle1678 stachys1682 swine's arnit1735 clown's wound-wort1825 mouse-ear1882 saviour's blanket1882 rabbit ears1928 1735 True Method treating Light Hazely Ground Buchan i. 4 If it [sc. the field] be pestered with Quicken, Swine-Arnot, or other such spreading Roots. 1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica I. 105 [Avena elatior] Tall Oat-Grass. Anglis. Swines Ar-Nuts, or Earth-Nuts. Scotis. 1811 G. S. Keith Gen. View Agric. Aberdeenshire 639 There is a variety of a common weed, the avena elatior, now holcus avenaceus, or swine's arnut, which is not unworthy of notice. 1955 W. P. Milne Eppie Elrick vi. 59 A strange partiality for certain herbs of the field such as ‘soorocks’ and ‘swine's arnits’. < as lemmas |
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