A person or device that holds or contains ervum (a type of legume seed or plant).
Compound word from erven (archaic or dialectal term related to ervum, a legume) plus holder (from Old English hold, meaning 'to contain'). This is primarily a historical or specialized agricultural term.
In medieval and early modern times, specific tools and containers were named for what they held—an ervenholder would have been as useful to a farmer as a seed packet is today, helping store and preserve valuable legume seeds.
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