Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name given to several plants on account of their forked leaves, as the Plantago Coronopus (also called
buck's-horn plantain ), the Senebiera Coronopus, and the South African Lobelia coronopifolia.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A plant with leaves branched somewhat like a buck's horn (
Plantago Coronopus ); also,Lobelia coronopifolia .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plantago coronopus, a
plant withleaves branched somewhat like the horn of a buck. - noun The plant Lobelia coronopifolia.
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Examples
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Anybody who has heard of edible buck-horn (or buck's-horn) at all, would probably think of an obscure and humble salad herb, now practically forgotten, and at no time
Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts Rosalind Northcote
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In the same belt was stuck one of those long, broad, sharp-pointed, and two-edged knives, with a buck's-horn handle, which were fabricated in the neighbourhood, and bore even at this early period the name of a Sheffield whittle.
Ivanhoe 1892
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His very fingers sent entreating thrills that he would go and clutch that familiar rough buck's-horn handle, which they had so often grasped for mere affection, as it lay idle in his pocket.
The Mill on the Floss George Eliot 1849
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In the same belt was stuck one of those long, broad, sharp-pointed, and two-edged knives, with a buck's-horn handle, which were fabricated in the neigbbourhood, and bore even at this early period the name of a Sheffield whittle.
Ivanhoe. A Romance 1819
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In the same belt was stuck one of those long, broad, sharp-pointed, and two-edged knives, with a buck's-horn handle, which were fabricated in the neighbourhood, and bore even at this early period the name of a
Ivanhoe Walter Scott 1801
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And for moss, you are to note, that there be divers kinds of it, which I could name to you, but I will only tell you that that which is likest a buck's-horn is the best, except it be soft white moss, which grows on some heaths, and is hard to be found.
The Compleat Angler : or, The Contemplative Man`s Recreation 1653
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A milk-white jerkin, and hose of white kersey; a white apron twisted around his body in the manner of a sash, in which, instead of a war-like dagger, was stuck a long-bladed knife, hilted with buck's-horn; a white nightcap on his head, under which his hair was neatly tucked, sufficiently pourtrayed him as one of those priests of Comus whom the vulgar call cooks; and the air with which he rated the publican for having neglected to send some provisions to the Palace, showed that he ministered to royalty itself.
The Fortunes of Nigel Walter Scott 1801
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