单词 | boneseed |
释义 | > as lemmasboneseed boneseed n. a yellow-flowered African shrub, Chrysanthemoides monilifera (formerly Osteospermum moniliferum (family Asteraceae)), which has become an invasive weed in Australia and New Zealand.In quot. 1811 as a literal gloss of the scientific Latin genus name Osteospermum. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > bone-seed plant or fruit boneseed1811 bush-tick berry1865 1811 D. Hosack Hortus Elginensis (ed. 2) 40/2 (table) Osteospermum... Bone Seed. 1941 Weekly Times (Melbourne) 18 Oct. 10/1 The National Herbarium has identified plant as Osteospermum moniliferum, otherwise Bone-seed, native of South Africa. 1973 W. T. Parsons Noxious Weeds Victoria 100 ‘Boneseed’ refers to the colour and hardness of the seed... Boneseed was first introduced to Victoria in 1858. 2015 Geelong (Austral.) Advertiser (Nexis) 23 Oct. 4 It was the last of numerous working bees to remove boneseed that threatened more than 700 native plant species. < as lemmas |
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