salvation Jane

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The plant Echium plantagineum. Australia,South,uncountable
    — The plaintiff, an agency of the Commonwealth, in 1980 proposed to import into Australia and release certain insects for the purpose of eradicating or controlling a plant known as Salvation Jane. The plaintiff regarded Salvation Jane as a noxious weed. However, apiarists and certain others engaged in the production of honey regarded Salvation Jane as useful in agricultural production.

词形变化

Salvation Jane canonical

词源

From salvation + Jane (“female given name”); a reference to its use as animal fodder in times of drought.
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