单词 | white nonsuch |
释义 | > as lemmaswhite nonsuch 5. Any of several fodder plants and their seeds: (a) (more fully black nonsuch) black medick, Medicago lupulina; (formerly also) †the seed of this (obsolete); †(b) the seed of white clover, Trifolium repens (obsolete rare); †(c) (in full white nonsuch) the seed of ryegrass, Lolium perenne; (also) the grass itself; (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > alfalfa or lucerne medick?1440 medicac1487 snail-trefoil1548 snail clover1597 Burgundy hay1600 lucerne1652 nonsuch1662 alfalfa1764 α. β. 1662 T. Wright in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1967) IV. 516 Of 7. acre of Nonsuch or hopp Clover.1681 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (ed. 3) iii. 31 It's better to sowe three [bushels] mixt with Nonsuch.1705 London Gaz. No. 4111/4 Broad Clover and Trefoil, alias Non~such.1766 Museum Rusticum 6 338 We find it useful, also, when we sow any saintfoin, to throw in about a gallon of nonsuch seed.1782 W. Marshall Minutes in Rural Econ. Norfolk (1787) II. 179 There are proportional quantities of..‘hulled Nonsuch’ (trefoil); also of ‘black Nonsuch’ (trefoil in the husk); also of ‘white Nonsuch’ (darnel or rye-grass); and of ‘black and white Nonsuch;’ namely a mixture of the last two sorts.1817 W. Marshall Rev. Rep. to Board Agric. from Southern & Peninsula Dept. Eng. 223 Ray grass, with usually an intermixture of hop-clover (otherwise trefoil, or nonsuch) on the higher lands.1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 556 Medicago lupulina is the hop-clover, or black nonsuch, which is..sown by some farmers amongst their grass.1919 W. Graveson Brit. Wild Flowers (pocket ed.) xii. 98 Let us look at a few of the commoner clovers which he [sc. the farmer] cultivates, such as Purple, White and Crimson Clover and..the Black Medick or Nonsuch.1946 A. Nelson Princ. Agric. Bot. vi. 135 Yellow trefoil or black medick or non-such, as it is variously named, has trifoliate leaves. Bird's-foot trefoil has five leaflets per leaf.1989 G. M. de Rougemont Field Guide Crops of Brit. & Europe 46/1 Medicago lupulina. Black Medick, Yellow Trefoil or Nonsuch... Uses: In mixed leys or permanent pastures as a grazing plant.1761 B. Stillingfleet Cal. Flora 37 Several plants still in flower, as..black nonesuch. 1764 Museum Rusticum 2 359 About ten pounds per acre of nonesuch, or white Dutch clover-seed. 1814 J. Bigelow Florula Bostoniensis 174 Nonesuch... When cultivated it is said to form a valuable grass, especially for sheep. 1859 W. Darlington & G. Thurber Amer. Weeds & Useful Plants 100 Hop-like Medicago. Black Medick. Nonesuch. 1892 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 19 143 The list of big-rooted biennials consists of: Medicago lupulina, L. (nonesuch), Œnothera biennis, L. (evening primrose), [etc.]. 1908 B. L. Robinson & M. L. Fernald Gray's New Man. Bot. (ed. 7) 510 M[edicago] lupulina L. (Black M[edick], Nonesuch)... Waste places, common. 1976 Hortus Third (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) 721/2 Medicago..lupulina L. Black medic,..none-such..Eurasia; naturalized in N. Amer. A fodder plant. < as lemmas |
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