| 单词 | king devil |
| 释义 | > as lemmasking devil king devil n. U.S. (more fully king devil weed) any of several hawkweeds (genus Hieracium) or mouse-ear hawkweeds (genus Pilosella), esp. when regarded as troublesome weeds.Many of the species known by this name were introduced to North America from Europe. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > other weeds zizanya1400 hog's fennel1525 zizania1526 eyebright1578 henbit1578 red eye-bright1657 common orache1728 sitfast1762 winter weed1787 dubbeltjie1795 red bartsia1805 tread-softly1814 rattlesnake leaf1822 popple1855 horse-nettle1860 Cape weed1878 tree-tobacco1895 king devil1898 khaki weed1907 white top1909 three-corner jack1919 1898 N. L. Britton & A. Brown Illustr. Flora Northern U.S. III. 284 King-devil..in north-central New York..a troublesome weed. Naturalized from Europe. 1905 Trans. Mass. Hort. Soc. 14 Some of them [sc. introduced weeds] die out after one or two seasons and cause little trouble, but others, like the king-devil weed (Hieracium praealtum) and its less notorious but none the less mischievous relatives have within a decade become sources of peril in many parts of New England. 1999 F. Royer & R. Dickinson Weeds Northern U.S. & Canada 41 King devil (H. pratense Tausch.) is similar to orange hawkweed... The two species are distinguished by the king devil's yellow flowers. 2010 Z. J. S. Falck Weeds iii. 97 Dry roadsides were lined with clovers, cow vetch, dogbane, ox-eye daisies, and king devil. < as lemmas |
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