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starve acre

starve acre is the alternative form of starve-acre.

Meaning of starve-acre

Noun

starve-acre (uncountable)

  1. A type of crowfoot Ranunculus arvensis, known for growing on impoverished soil.
    • Some sandy soils are much overrun with the wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum), provincially called " rump," while the clays are swarmed with starve-acre (Ranunculus arvensis), and the clivers or burrs (Galium aparine), which are very troublesome to separate from the grain when winnowed.1855, Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, page 207

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What is starve acre the alternative form of?
Starve acre is the alternative form of starve-acre.

Words near starve acre in the dictionary

  1. starvation wage
  2. starvation wages
  3. starvational
  4. starvations
  5. starve
  6. starve acre
  7. starve the beast
  8. starve-acre
  9. starveacre
  10. starved
  11. starved the beast

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