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单词 water milfoil
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water milfoiln.

Brit. /ˈwɔːtə ˌmɪlfɔɪl/, U.S. /ˈwɔdər ˌmɪlˌfɔɪl/, /ˈwɑdər ˌmɪlˌfɔɪl/
Forms: see water n. and milfoil n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., milfoil n.
Etymology: < water n. + milfoil n.
1. Any of various aquatic plants with finely divided submerged leaves, as (a) water violet, Huttonia palustris; (b) a water crowfoot (genus Ranunculus); (c) bladderwort (genus Utricularia). Obsolete.
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1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. ci. 142 Water Milfoyle or Yearrow.
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 678 Water Milfoile, or water Yarrow, hath long and large leaues [etc.].
1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) xxx. 827 (caption) Crow-foot, or water Milfoile.
1724 J. J. Dillenius Ray's Synopsis Methodia Stirpium Britannicarum (ed. 3) 249 Ranunculus aquatiis omnino tenuifolius... Fine-leaved Water-Crowfoot, or Water-Milfoil.
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 319 Milfoil, Water, Utricularia.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. at Milfoil Water Milfoil,..also Hottonia palustris.
2. Any of various aquatic plants constituting the genus Myriophyllum (family Haloragaceae), characterized by whorls of finely pinnate, chiefly submerged leaves and inconspicuous flowers borne chiefly on emergent spikes. Frequently with distinguishing word. Cf. parrot's feather n. at parrot n.1 Compounds 5.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > feather-foil
water gillyflower1578
water violet1578
water yarrow1597
water milfoil1760
feather-foil1776
water feather1818
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 319 Milfoil, Water, Myriophyllum.
1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica II. 581 [Myriophyllum spicatum] Spiked Water Millfoil. Anglis. In lakes and still waters frequent.
1831 W. J. Hooker Brit. Flora 403 M. verticillatum, Linn. (whorled Water Milfoil); flowers all axillary.
1892 S. Thomson Wild Flowers (ed. 22) 205 In similar situations to the mare's-tail, we may find one or other of the water mill-foils, with their numerous fine leaves.
1949 A. G. Tansley Britain's Green Mantle xii. 211 Water milfoils (Myriophyllum spicatum and alterniflorum)..have most of their shoots submerged.
1987 A. R. Clapham et al. Flora of Brit. Isles (ed. 3) 271/1 M. alterniflorum DC. Alternate-flowered Water-milfoil.
2007 Scotland's Nat. Heritage Spring 21 Spiked water milfoil..is scarce in many parts of Fife.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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water milfoil
2. Any of various aquatic plants of other genera and families, mostly having finely divided submerged leaves; esp. (in full water milfoil) any of various plants constituting the aquatic genus Myriophyllum (family Haloragaceae), characterized by whorls of inconspicuous flowers chiefly in terminal spikes. Frequently with distinguishing word.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > other aquatic plants
sea-purslane1548
frog-bit1578
heartwort1578
milkwort1578
water dragon1578
water-liverwort1578
water milfoil1578
water milfoil1578
water radish1578
arrowhead1597
saltwort1597
water archer1597
calla1601
water-rocket1605
sea rocket1611
water archer1617
water chickweed1633
water purslane1633
arsesmart1640
water hyssop1653
water thyme1655
water serpent1659
Myriophyllum1754
least water plantain1756
mud-weed1756
Thalia1756
water-leaf1756
marsh liverwort1760
bastard plantain1762
wool-weed1765
Ruppia1770
goat's foot1773
pipewort1776
blinking chickweed1777
mudwort1789
arrowleaf1805
water-target1814
water willow1814
felwort1816
water shield1817
mermaid weed1822
mud plantain1822
hydrilla1824
blinks1835
crystalwort1846
naiad1846
waterwort1846
arrow weed1848
willow-thorn1857
lattice leaf1866
marsh flower1866
bonnet1869
lattice plant1877
sea-ash1884
alligator weed1887
water parsley1891
water hyacinth1897
lirio1926
neverwet1927
the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > bladder-wort
water milfoil1578
Utricularia1753
water milfoil1760
bladder-wort1815
hooded milfoil1863
popweed1869
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. ci. 142 Water Milfoyle or Yearrow.
1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) xxx. 827 (caption) Millefolium, sive maratriphyllon, flore & semine Ranunculi aquatici, Hepaticæ facie. Crow-foot, or water Milfoile.
1686 J. Ray Hist. Plantarum II. 1101 Water-Violet, or Milfoil.
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. 319 Water Milfoil, Hottonia... Water Milfoil, Myriophyllum... Water Milfoil, Utricularia.
1863 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants (at cited word) Hooded-Milfoil, Utricularia, L., Water Milfoil, Myriophyllum, L.
1892 S. Thomson Wild Flowers (ed. 22) 205 In similar situations to the mare's-tail, we may find one or other of the water mill-foils, with their numerous fine leaves.
1952 G. F. Hervey & J. Hems Freshwater Trop. Aquarium Fishes iii. 29 Myriophyllum (Water Milfoil). This genus is probably the best known and most popular of all submerged plants.
1989 Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ont.) 27 Nov. 18/1 Millfoil, a despised weed that is choking the lake, is being pulled from the water by giant weed-cutting machines and used as fertilizer.
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