| 单词 | cape weed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasCape weed Cape weed n. (a) Roccella tinctoria ‘a dye lichen, obtained from the Cape de Verde Islands’ ( Treasury Bot. 1866); (b) a common yellow-flowered herb, Cryptostemma calendulaceum, now a troublesome weed in Australia and New Zealand; (c) (see quot. 1933). 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 1878 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 1877 10 367 The Cape weed, which is plentiful in Auckland. 1884 W. R. Guilfoyle Austral. Bot. (ed. 2) 107 Cape Weed, Cryptostemma calendulacea. (Natural Order, Compositæ). This weed, which has proved such a pest in many parts of Victoria, was introduced from the Cape of Good Hope, as a fodder plant. 1933 L. G. D. Acland in Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) 23 Sept. 13/7 Cape Weed, Hypochaeris radicator. The English catsear is always so called in Canterbury. 1965 Austral. Encycl. II. 261/2 Capeweed is now so common on good pasture land..that the whole countryside may become a sea of yellow during late spring. < as lemmas |
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