单词 | butterweed |
释义 | butterweed in British English (ˈbʌtəˌwiːd) noun a North American herbaceous plant, Senecio glabellus, with yellow flowers butterweed in American English (ˈbʌtərˌwid) US noun any wild plant with yellow flowers or soft leaves, as groundsel or horseweed butterweed in American English (ˈbʌtərˌwid) noun 1. any wild plant having conspicuously yellow flowers or leaves 2. the horseweed 3. a ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) or groundsel (S. vulgaris), both having yellow ray flowers Word origin [1885–90; butter + weed1]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: booster, foregut, lineup, retread, roller coaster |
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