| 单词 | turpentine weed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasturpentine weed turpentine weed n. = turpentine shrub n.; also, any of several other herbs containing an aromatic sap. See also turpentine tree n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > compass-plant or silphium silphium1771 turpentine weed1819 rosinweed1831 resinweed1838 polar plant1842 compass-flower1847 compass-plant1848 cup-plant1848 pilot weed1848 turpentine shrub- 1819 Western Rev. I. 95 Among the most remarkable and singular [plants of Kentucky is]..Silphium therebinthaceum, Turpentine weed. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1059/1 The plant [Silphium laciniatum] is also known as the..Turpentine-weed. 1885 F. Whymper in Girl's Own Paper Jan. 171/1 The compass plant—..known, also, as the..turpentine weed—is a vigorous perennial. 1913 W. C. Barnes Western Grazing Grounds 236 There is a little green weed (Gutierrezia) known locally as snakeweed, fireweed, turpentine weed. 1931 G. H. Vansell Nectar & Pollen Plants Calif. 14 Turpentine weed..is also visited freely by bees for nectar. < as lemmas |
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