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rest-harrow
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun rest-harrow has 2 senses
- rest-harrow(n = noun.plant) ononis spinosa, restharrow - Eurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots; Array is a member of genus ononis, ononis
- rest-harrow(n = noun.plant) ononis repens, restharrow - European woody plant having pink flowers and unifoliate leaves and long tough roots; spreads by underground runners; Array is a member of genus ononis, ononis
is a kind of subshrub, suffrutex
is a kind of subshrub, suffrutex
CIDE DICTIONARY
rest-harrow, n.
A European leguminous plant (Ononis arvensis ) with long, tough roots. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
rest-harrow, n. any tough-rooted plant of the genus Ononis, native to Europe and the Mediterranean.
Etymology
obs. rest (v.) = ARREST (in sense 'stop') + HARROW
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