| 单词 | mole plant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmole plant mole plant n. U.S. the caper spurge, Euphorbia lathyris, reputed to protect garden plants from moles; (gen.) any plant reputed to repel moles. ΚΠ 1814 F. Pursh Flora Amer. Septentrionalis II. 607 Euphorbia... Lathyris... It is generally known in America by the name of Mole-plant, it being supposed that no moles disturb the ground where this plant grows. 1893 Cornell Univ. Agric. Exper. Station Bull. No. 61. 333 If the public is at all inclined to buy a mole-plant it would have been persuaded much more by the long tradition of its virtues than by any consequential statement of its value. 1936 T. H. Scheffer Rodents & Moles as Pests in Bulb Plantings 9 The so-called ‘mole plants’—castor-bean, milkweed, and others—have been more celebrated in oft-told tales than effective in actual service in keeping moles away from gardens. 1995 Nichols Garden Nursery 6/1 (advt.) Mole plant... Also called caper spurge and gopher plant. < as lemmas |
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