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Agropyrum repensQuitch grass Quitch" grass` [Properly quick grass, being
probably so called from its vigorous growth, or from its
tenacity of life. See Quick, and cf. Couch grass.] (Bot.)
A perennial grass (Agropyrum repens) having long running
rootstalks, by which it spreads rapidly and pertinaciously,
and so becomes a troublesome weed. Also called couch grass,
quick grass, quick grass, twitch grass. See
Illustration in Appendix. Epigaea repensArbutus Ar"bu*tus, Arbute Ar"bute, n. [L. arbutus, akin to
arbor tree.]
The strawberry tree, a genus of evergreen shrubs, of the
Heath family. It has a berry externally resembling the
strawberry; the arbute tree.
Trailing arbutus (Bot.), a creeping or trailing plant of
the Heath family (Epig[ae]a repens), having white or
usually rose-colored flowers with a delicate fragrance,
growing in small axillary clusters, and appearing early in
the spring; in New England known as mayflower; -- called
also ground laurel. --Gray. Mitchella repensSquaw vine Squaw vine (Bot.)
The partridge berry (Mitchella repens). Mitchella repensPartridge Par"tridge, n. [OE. partriche, pertriche, OF.
pertris, perdriz, F. perdrix, L. perdix, -icis, fr. Gr. ?.]
(Zo["o]l.)
1. Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of
the genus Perdix and several related genera of the
family Perdicid[ae], of the Old World. The partridge is
noted as a game bird.
Full many a fat partrich had he in mew. --Chaucer.
Note: The common European, or gray, partridge (Perdix
cinerea) and the red-legged partridge (Caccabis
rubra) of Southern Europe and Asia are well-known
species.
2. Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging
to Colinus, and allied genera. [U.S.]
Note: Among them are the bobwhite (Colinus Virginianus) of
the Eastern States; the plumed, or mountain, partridge
(Oreortyx pictus) of California; the Massena
partridge (Cyrtonyx Montezum[ae]); and the California
partridge (Callipepla Californica).
3. The ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus). [New Eng.]
Bamboo partridge (Zo["o]l.), a spurred partridge of the
genus Bambusicola. Several species are found in China
and the East Indies.
Night partridge (Zo["o]l.), the woodcock. [Local, U.S.]
Painted partridge (Zo["o]l.), a francolin of South Africa
(Francolinus pictus).
Partridge berry. (Bot.)
(a) The scarlet berry of a trailing american plant
(Mitchella repens) of the order Rubiace[ae],
having roundish evergreen leaves, and white fragrant
flowers sometimes tinged with purple, growing in pairs
with the ovaries united, and producing the berries
which remain over winter; also, the plant itself.
(b) The fruit of the creeping wintergreen (Gaultheria
procumbens); also, the plant itself.
Partridge dove (Zo["o]l.) Same as Mountain witch, under
Mountain.
Partridge pea (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous herb
(Cassia Cham[ae]crista), common in sandy fields in the
Eastern United States.
Partridge shell (Zo["o]l.), a large marine univalve shell
(Dolium perdix), having colors variegated like those of
the partridge.
Partridge wood
(a) A variegated wood, much esteemed for cabinetwork. It
is obtained from tropical America, and one source of
it is said to be the leguminous tree Andira inermis.
Called also pheasant wood.
(b) A name sometimes given to the dark-colored and
striated wood of some kind of palm, which is used for
walking sticks and umbrella handles.
Sea partridge (Zo["o]l.), an Asiatic sand partridge
(Ammoperdix Bonhami); -- so called from its note.
Snow partridge (Zo["o]l.), a large spurred partridge
(Lerwa nivicola) which inhabits the high mountains of
Asia.
Spruce partridge. See under Spruce.
Wood partridge, or Hill partridge (Zo["o]l.), any small
Asiatic partridge of the genus Arboricola. PrepensePrepense Pre*pense", v. t. [Pref. pre + F. penser to think.
See Pansy.]
To weigh or consider beforehand; to premeditate. [Obs.]
--Spenser. Sir T. Elyot. Prepense
Prepense Pre*pense", v. i.
To deliberate beforehand. [Obs.]
PrepensePrepense Pre*pense", a. [See Pansy, and cf. Prepense, v.
t.]
Devised, contrived, or planned beforehand; preconceived;
premeditated; aforethought; -- usually placed after the word
it qualifies; as, malice prepense.
This has not arisen from any misrepresentation or error
prepense. --Southey. Prepensely
Prepensely Pre*pense"ly, adv.
In a premeditated manner.
Ranunculus repensCreeping Creep"ing, a.
1. Crawling, or moving close to the ground. ``Every creeping
thing.' --Gen. vi. 20.
2. Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall,
etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils.
Casements lined with creeping herbs. --Cowper.
Ceeping crowfoot (Bot.), a plant, the Ranunculus repens.
Creeping snowberry, an American plant (Chiogenes
hispidula) with white berries and very small round leaves
having the flavor of wintergreen. Trifolium repensShamrock Sham"rock, n. [L. seamrog, seamar, trefoil, white
clover, white honeysuckle; akin to Gael. seamrag.] (Bot.)
A trifoliate plant used as a national emblem by the Irish.
The legend is that St. Patrick once plucked a leaf of it for
use in illustrating the doctrine of the trinity.
Note: The original plant was probably a kind of wood sorrel
(Oxalis Acetocella); but now the name is given to the
white clover (Trifolium repens), and the black medic
(Medicago lupulina). Trifolium repenstouto. The English have applied the name especially to the
Germanic people living nearest them, the Hollanders. Cf.
Derrick, Teutonic.]
Pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants.
Dutch auction. See under Auction.
Dutch cheese, a small, pound, hard cheese, made from skim
milk.
Dutch clinker, a kind of brick made in Holland. It is
yellowish, very hard, and long and narrow in shape.
Dutch clover (Bot.), common white clover (Trifolium
repens), the seed of which was largely imported into
England from Holland.
Dutch concert, a so-called concert in which all the singers
sing at the same time different songs. [Slang]
Dutch courage, the courage of partial intoxication. [Slang]
--Marryat.
Dutch door, a door divided into two parts, horizontally, so
arranged that the lower part can be shut and fastened,
while the upper part remains open.
Dutch foil, Dutch leaf, or Dutch gold, a kind of brass
rich in copper, rolled or beaten into thin sheets, used in
Holland to ornament toys and paper; -- called also Dutch
mineral, Dutch metal, brass foil, and bronze leaf.
Dutch liquid (Chem.), a thin, colorless, volatile liquid,
C2H4Cl2, of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal
odor, produced by the union of chlorine and ethylene or
olefiant gas; -- called also Dutch oil. It is so called
because discovered (in 1795) by an association of four
Hollandish chemists. See Ethylene, and Olefiant. Triticum repensTriticin Trit"i*cin, n. (Chem.)
A carbohydrate isomeric with dextrin, obtained from quitch
grass (Agropyrum, formerly Triticum, repens) as a white
amorphous substance.
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Serenoa repens.
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Serenoa repens.
Serenoa repens Serenoa repens from
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Trifolium repens var. orbeli**** (Velen.)
Fritsch Trifolium repens var.
orphanideum (Boiss.) Boiss.
Trifolium repens var.
pipolina Trifolium repens subsp....
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Eprius is a
genus of
skipper butterflies in the
family Hesperiidae.
Eprius repens Evans, 1955
Eprius repta Evans, 1955
Eprius veleda Godman, 1901 Natural...
- variety:
Elytrigia repens subsp.
repens.
Throughout most of the
range of the species.
Elytrigia repens subsp.
repens var.
repens. Awns
usually absent...
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repens,
synonyms including Acroptilon repens and
Leuzea repens, with the
common name
Russian knapweed, is a
species of
bushy rhizomatous perennial...
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Dirofilaria repens is a
filarial nematode that
affects dogs and
other carnivores such as cats, wolves, coyotes, foxes, and sea lions, as well as muskrats...
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Elatostema repens it has won the
Royal Horticultural Society's
Award of
Garden Merit. E.
repens var.
pulchrum has also won the award.
Procris repens is a small...
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Callisia repens, also
known as
creeping inchplant or
turtle vine, is a
succulent creeping plant from the
family Commelinaceae. This
species comes from...
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habitat of many
Ranunculus species.
Repens means 'creeping' or 'stoloniferous'. Lansdown, R.V. (2011). "Ranunculus
repens (Europe ****essment)". IUCN Red List...
- "Epigaea
repens".
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Epigaea repens.
Dendrology at
Virginia Tech:
Epigaea repens Plant UConn Database:
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