单词 | groundsel tree |
释义 | groundsel tree in British Englisha shrub, Baccharis halimifolia, of E North America, with white plumelike fruits: family Asteraceae groundsel tree in British English (ɡraʊnsəl triː) noun a shrub, Baccharis halimifolia, of E North America, with white plumelike fruits: family Asteraceae groundsel tree in American Englishnoun a composite shrub, Baccharis halimifolia, having dull, gray-green leaves and fruit with tufts of long, white hair, growing in salt marshes of eastern North America Also called: consumption weed Word origin [1735–45]This word is first recorded in the period 1735–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: boxer, butternut, cutoff, influenza, injector |
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