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starveacre

starveacre 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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Forms of starveacre

comparativemore starveacre
superlativemost starveacre

Questions about starveacre

What is starveacre the alternative form of?
Starveacre is the alternative form of starve-acre.

Words near starveacre in the dictionary

  1. starvations
  2. starve
  3. starve acre
  4. starve the beast
  5. starve-acre
  6. starveacre
  7. starved
  8. starved the beast
  9. starvedly
  10. starveling
  11. starvelings

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