PARSLEY PIERT


Meaning of PARSLEY PIERT in English

noun

( plural parsley pierts )

Etymology: probably by folk etymology (influence of parsley (I) and of English dialect piert, alteration of English pert ) from Middle French perce-pierre, from percer to pierce + pierre stone, from Latin petra rock, stone, from Greek — more at pierce

1. : a small European annual herb ( Alchemilla arvensis or Aphanes arvensis ) of the family Rosaceae having fan-shaped 3-parted leaves with the divisions 2-cleft to 4-cleft and axillary greenish flowers

2. : a heath ( Erica aphanes ) of southern Africa

3. : knawel

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.