| 单词 | squaw weed |
| 释义 | > as lemmassquaw weed squaw weed n. any of several flowering plants traditionally used medicinally by North American Indians; esp. golden ragwort, Packera aurea. ΚΠ 1811–12 W. J. Titford Sketches Hortus Botanicus Americanus 74 Black Snake Root, Acta Racemosa. N. O. Multisiliquæ; nat. North America: called also Squaw Weed, Rich Weed, and Rattle Weed. 1859 W. Darlington & G. Thurber Amer. Weeds & Useful Plants 193 The var. obovatus (called ‘Squaw-weed’) has been denounced..as being poisonous to sheep. 1930 F. Woodhull in J. F. Dobie Man, Bird & Beast (1965) 52 Indians used tea from the roots of the squaw-weed, or frostweed, for relieving cramps, as well as for chills and fever. 1973 Derrick (Oil City, Pa.) 25 May 17 (caption) Swaths of Golden Ragwort (Squaw Weed) are now in peak bloom. 2003 Horticulture Mar. 32/2 Native ragwort, groundsel, or squaw weed is one tough plant that easily takes Oklahoma's summer heat. < as lemmas |
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