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Meaning of starve acre | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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