| 单词 | million-dollar weed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmillion-dollar weed million-dollar weed n. U.S. colloquial water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes, a serious weed of waterways in the southern United States. ΚΠ 1921 Discovery Feb. 48/1 The water hyacinth..is a beautiful aquatic plant..but its spread in St. John's River and the enormous sums spent in attempting its suppression have earned it the name of the ‘million-dollar weed’. 1955 Southern Folklore Q. 19 235 The Water Hyacinth, much admired by nature lovers and much hated by those who must keep our rivers navigable, has been called by the latter group the Million-Dollar Weed. 1980 A. J. Healy & E. Edgar Flora N.Z. III. 62 In preventing the passage of ships on waterways in Florida, it gained the name ‘million dollar weed’. < as lemmas |
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