释义 |
chaffweed /ˈtʃafwiːd /noun [mass noun]A tiny European pimpernel with pink or white flowers.- Anagallis minima, family Primulaceae.
We have also found smooth boisduvalia and chaffweed under irrigation pivots in cultivated fields, and sand verbena is found in open, shifting sand dunes....- A. minima (chaffweed) is a small, spreading annual with alternate, oval, stalkless leaves.
- Alvan W. Chapman first collected chaffweed in the mid 1800s along the Caloosahatchee River (s.n., US), presumably in Lee County.
OriginMid 16th century: probably from the verb chafe + weed. |