Starve-acre

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A type of crowfoot Ranunculus arvensis, known for growing on impoverished soil. uncountable

    "Some sandy soils are much overrun with the wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum), provincially called " rump," while the clays are swarmed with starve-acre (Ranunculus arvensis), and the clivers or burrs (Galium aparine), which are very troublesome to separate from the grain when winnowed."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to or characteristic of unproductive, impoverished soil.

    "There was no exaggeration in Marian's definition of Flintcomb-Ash farm as a starve-acre place."

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hungerweed

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"Some sandy soils are much overrun with the wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum), provincially called " rump," while the clays are swarmed with starve-acre (Ranunculus arvensis), and the clivers or burrs (Galium aparine), which are very troublesome to separate from the grain when winnowed."

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