Meaning of starve acre | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

Examples

“To this species also belong⟳ starve⟳ acre and hunger weed.”

“"The Gaffer, he do call⟳ it 'starve⟳ acre,' and my old master, I worked for when a boy, called it 'money-out-o'-pocket.' Charles, here, do say⟳ it's^([sic]) name⟳ be 'rich-man's curse,' while Jack sticks out that its proper name⟳ be 'rob-the-ground.'”

“This plant⟳, also called com crowfoot, hunger weed and starve⟳ acre, was very plentiful in winter wheat in parts of Worcestershire during 1943.”

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