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单词 matabele flower
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Matabele flower
Matabele flower n. South African a semi-parasitic weed of maize crops, Striga lutea ( S. asiatica) (also called witchweed).
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1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 312 Matabele flower, Species of Striga is so called.
1917 R. Marloth Flora S. Afr.: Dict. Common Names 90 Witchweed,..A parasitical herb of mealie-fields, also called Rooiblom or Isona or Matabele flower.
1966 C. A. Smith Common Names S. Afr. Plants 333 Matabele flower, Striga asiatica... The vernacular name is said to be an allusion to the havoc created by this parasite in mealie (maize) lands, suggestive of the destruction wrought by the Matabele impis of the [18]70's but also said to refer to the appearance of the species in northern Bechuanaland after a Matabele raid during the same period.
extracted from Matabelen.adj.
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