rest-harrow

A noun referring to a Eurasian plant with loose racemes of pink or purple flowers, spiny stems, and tough roots, or a European woody plant with pink flowers, unifoliate leaves, and long tough roots that spreads by underground runners.

• 🌐نبات عشبي معمر من الفصيلة البقولية ينمو في أوراسيا، له سيقان شائكة وأزهار وردية أو أرجوانية عنقودية وجذور خشبية صلبة، ويشمل أنواعًا أخرى شجرية أو شجيرية بأزهار وردية وأوراق بسيطة وجذور طويلة تنتشر بأفرع أرضية.

1. Eurasian plant with pink or purple flowers C2 formal scientific

   A Eurasian plant characterized by loose racemes of pink or purple flowers, spiny stems, and tough roots.

   • The rest-harrow grew abundantly along the dry, rocky hillside.
   • Its spiny stems made the rest-harrow difficult to walk through.
   • Botanists identified the plant as rest-harrow due to its distinctive pink flowers.

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2. European woody plant with pink flowers C2 formal british scientific

   A European woody plant that has pink flowers, unifoliate leaves, and long tough roots; it spreads by underground runners.

   • The rest-harrow's long roots made it a persistent weed in the field.
   • Gardeners struggled to remove the rest-harrow because of its underground runners.
   • In the wild, rest-harrow often forms dense patches through its spreading root system.

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   المرادفات: restharrow