witchweed

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of several flowering plants of the genus Striga, from Africa and Asia, some of which are parasitic to crops. countable,uncountable
    — 1968, (U.S.) National Research Council: Committee on Plant and Animal Pests: Subcommittee on Weeds, Principles of Plant and Animal Pest Control, Volume 2: Weed Control, National Academy of Sciences Publication 1597, page 43, The witchweed-suppression program is a classic example of a systems approach to weed management and represents one of the finest organized efforts in the United States to eradicate a weed.

词形变化

witchweeds plural

词源

Calque of translingual Striga (literally “witch”). By surface analysis, witch + weed.
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