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rest-harrow

rest-harrow is the alternative spelling of restharrow.

Meaning of restharrow

Noun

restharrow (plural restharrows)

  1. Any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis, especially common restharrow (Ononis repens), which has pink flowers.
    • Common Restharrow rises up with diverse rough, woody twigs, half a yard or a yard high, set at the joints without order [...].1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society, published 2007, page 238

Questions about rest-harrow

What is rest-harrow the alternative spelling of?
Rest-harrow is the alternative spelling of restharrow.

Words near rest-harrow in the dictionary

  1. rest up
  2. rest upon
  3. rest't
  4. rest, residue and remainder
  5. rest-and-digest
  6. rest-harrow
  7. rest.
  8. restabilisation
  9. restabilisations
  10. restabilise
  11. restabilised

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