单词 | horsemint |
释义 | > see alsoalso refers to : horse-mintn. > as lemmashorse-mint horse-weed n. (a name for) either of two North American plants, Erigeron canadensis (N.O. Compositae), also called butter-weed (now frequent in England), and Collinsonia canadensis (N.O. Labiatae), also called horse-mint (Miller Plant-n.). ΚΠ 1790 L. Castiglioni Viaggio negli Stati Uniti II. 333 Collinsonia canadensis, Lin. Horse-weed. 1874 J. W. Long Amer. Wild-fowl Shooting xxiii. 239 The hunter usually selects a position..amongst the high ‘horse-weeds’ bordering the field. 1892 B. Torrey Foot-path Way 72 Acres and acres of horseweed. 1963 H. A. Gleason Illustr. Flora Northeastern U.S. III. 475/1 Conyza canadensis (L.) Cron. Horseweed. Coarse annual... A weed in waste places. < see also as lemmas |
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