Daneweed
(ˈdeɪnwiːd)
[See next.]
† a. A local name for Eryngium campestre. Obs.
b. = Danewort. (Prior Plant-n.)
| 1748 De Foe's Tour Gt. Brit. II. 416 (D.) Everything hereabouts is attributed to the Danes, because of the neighbouring Daventry, which they suppose to have been built by them. The road hereabouts..being overgrown with Daneweed [Eryngium], they fansy it sprung from the blood of the Danes slain in battle. 1737 W. Stukeley Mem. (Surtees) III. 56 Much daneweed still grows upon the Roman road in Castor fields. |