释义 |
ˈroot-weed [root n.] A weed which propagates itself chiefly by means of roots, as distinguished from weeds which originate from seed.
1765A. Dickson Agric. (ed. 2) II. 270 To increase the food of plants, and destroy root-weeds. 1790Marshall E. Midl. II. 43 Extirpating the roots of twitch and other root weeds. 1837Flemish Husb. 71 in Husb. III. (L.U.K.), The root-weeds are necessarily cleaned out in the spreading. |