Found 2 hits - Term: hedge garlic, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
hedge \hedge\, n. oe. hegge, as. hecg; akin to haga an
inclosure, e. haw, as. hege hedge, e. haybote, d. hegge, ohg.
hegga, g. hecke. root12. see haw a hedge.
a thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a
thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land;
and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a
line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted
round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts
of a garden.
1913 webster
the roughest berry on the rudest hedge. --shak.
1913 webster
through the verdant maze
of sweetbrier hedges i pursue my walk. --thomson.
1913 webster
note: hedge, when used adjectively or in composition, often
means rustic, outlandish, illiterate, poor, or mean;
as, hedge priest; hedgeborn, etc.
1913 webster
hedge bells, hedge bindweed bot., a climbing plant
related to the morning-glory convolvulus sepium.
hedge bill, a long-handled billhook.
hedge garlic bot., a plant of the genus alliaria. see
garlic mustard, under garlic.
hedge hyssop bot., a bitter herb of the genus gratiola,
the leaves of which are emetic and purgative.
hedge marriage, a secret or clandestine marriage,
especially one performed by a hedge priest. eng.
hedge mustard bot., a plant of the genus sisymbrium,
belonging to the mustard family.
hedge nettle bot., an herb, or under shrub, of the genus
stachys, belonging to the mint family. it has a
nettlelike appearance, though quite harmless.
hedge note.
a the note of a hedge bird.
b low, contemptible writing. obs. --dryden.
hedge priest, a poor, illiterate priest. --shak.
hedge school, an open-air school in the shelter of a hedge,
in ireland; a school for rustics.
hedge sparrow zool., a european warbler accentor
modularis which frequents hedges. its color is reddish
brown, and ash; the wing coverts are tipped with white.
called also chanter, hedge warbler, dunnock, and
doney.
hedge writer, an insignificant writer, or a writer of low,
scurrilous stuff. obs. --swift.
to breast up a hedge. see under breast.
to hang in the hedge, to be at a standstill. "while the
business of money hangs in the hedge." --pepys.
1913 webster
see also:
haw hedge bells hedge bindweed convolvulus sepium hedge bill hedge garlic
alliaria garlic mustard garlic hedge hyssop gratiola
hedge marriage hedge mustard sisymbrium hedge nettle stachys
hedge note hedge priest hedge school hedge sparrow accentor modularis
chanter hedge warbler dunnock doney hedge writer
to breast up a hedge breast to hang in the hedge
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
hedge garlic
n : european herb that smells like garlic syn: garlic mustard,
sauce-alone, jack-by-the-hedge, alliaria
officinalis
see also:
garlic mustard sauce-alone jack-by-the-hedge alliaria officinalis
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Hedge, definition of term: Hedge
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Garlic, definition of term: Garlic
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Hedge Fund, definition of term: Hedge Fund
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