rest-harrow

• Nom désignant une plante eurasienne à fleurs roses ou pourpres en grappes lâches, à tiges épineuses et racines dures, ou une plante ligneuse européenne à fleurs roses, feuilles simples et longues racines rigides, se propageant par pousses souterraines.

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.

1. Eurasian plant with pink or purple flowersC2formalscientific

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

   Bugrane

   • 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.

2. European woody plant with pink flowersC2formalbritishscientific

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

   Bugrane, arrête-bœuf

   • 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.

   Synonymesrestharrow