单词 | crown vetch |
释义 | > as lemmascrown vetch crown vetch n. Botany any of various plants belonging (or formerly belonging) to the genus Coronilla (family Fabaceae), native to Africa, Eurasia and certain Atlantic islands; esp. Securigera varia, a trailing plant with pink and white flowers, grown as ground cover in the United States; (also) the genus itself. ΚΠ 1836 Agriculturist's Man. (P. Lawson & Son) 167 (heading) Coronilla—Crown Vetch. 1939 H. H.Bennett Soil Conservation xviii. 417 Crown vetch has a trailing, compact habit of growth and a tenacious root system. 2001 Lancaster (Pa.) New Era (Nexis) 24 July a10 Lancastrian Charles Wolf wonders who else has noticed the yellow crown vetch growing along sections of Route 30. < as lemmas |
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