单词 | prickly lettuce |
释义 | > as lemmasprickly lettuce prickly lettuce n. a Eurasian wild lettuce, Lactuca serriola (family Asteraceae), naturalized in the United States, with leaves which are deeply lobed when mature and have a distinctive row of spines on the midvein of the lower surface. ΚΠ 1785 R. Relhan Flora Cantabrigiensis 293 Prickly Lettuce... Borders of Fields... In the Isle of Ely. 1896 Bot. Gaz. 21 34 Among the weeds of recent introduction in America, the prickly lettuce..ranks next to the Russian thistle in the rapidity with which it has spread. 1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 363/1 Prickly lettuce, Lactuca serriola, is a tall annual with panicles of yellow flowers (closing up early in the day) and spiny grey-green leaves, which clasp the stem at their base. < as lemmas |
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