parsley piert
noun
plural parsley pierts
1
: a small European annual herb (Alchemilla arvensis or Aphanes arvensis) of the family Rosaceae having fan-shaped 3-parted leaves with the divisions 2-cleft to 4-cleft and axillary greenish flowers
2
: a heath (Erica aphanes) of southern Africa
3
: knawel
Word History
Etymology
probably by folk etymology (influence of parsley entry 1 and of English dialect piert, alteration of English pert) from Middle French perce-pierre, from percer to pierce + pierre stone, from Latin petra rock, stone, from Greek