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tarweed

/tahr-weed/US // ˈtɑrˌwid //

柏油草,焦油草,油草

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of several resinous or gummy, composite plants of the genus Grindelia, having solitary flower heads.

Examples

  • The brushed marks went not only through the carpet of pine needles, but through the tarweed, the snow brush, the manzañita.

  • The fire had leaped the cleared path and was greedily eating in all directions through the short, pitchy growth of tarweed.

  • The tarweed, especially, was stubborn under even the most vigorous wielding of his sharpened hoe.

  • He raked carefully his broad path among the pine needles, laying bare the brown earth; hoed and chopped in the tarweed and brush.

  • Tall, stately teasels stand like sentinels along the way, and the balsamic tarweed spreads its fragrance along the outer edge.

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