“parsley、piert”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

parsley-piert

释义

parsley-piert|-pɪət|
Also parsley pert.
[app. a popular corruption of F. perce pierre, lit. ‘pierce-stone’, according to Littré, one of the Fr. names of this plant: cf. breakstone.]
A dwarf annual herb (Alchemilla arvensis), allied to the Lady's Mantle, growing on dry barren ground, hedge-banks, etc., with jagged leaves and minute green axillary flowers. (Erron. applied to the Knawel, Scleranthus annuus: see quot. 1597.)
1597Gerarde Herbal ii. clxii. 454 Knawel, which herbe is called (as I saide before) Parsley Piert.1640Parkinson Theatr. Bot. iv. xvi. 449, I shewed you before that the word Parsly pert, was but a corruption of time in the vulgar sort, and Percepier also, derived from the French word Percepierre, which..signifieth as much as pierce stone, or breakestone in English.1829Glover's Hist. Derby i. 105 Aphanes vulgaris, parsley piert.1882G. Allen Colours Flowers v. 96 Alchemilla arvensis (parsley-piert) is an extremely debased moss-like descendant.

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