单词 | fern-crushing |
释义 | > as lemmasfern-crushing fern-crushing n. New Zealand (see quot. 1947). ΚΠ 1891 R. Wallace Rural Econ. Austral. & N.Z. xv. 230 Fern crushing. Of the fern country, that upon a limestone formation is the best and the least expensive to break in. 1947 A. Clark in H. Belshaw N.Z. ii. 40 Hence beef-cattle are used for ‘fern-crushing’, that is, for keeping in check the undesirable second growth of bracken fern over large areas of the North Island hills. < as lemmas |
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