Patterson's Curseとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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• Paterson's curse

語源

Said to be named after the Patterson family who had it as an ornamental garden plant which spread and took over adjacent previously productive paddocks (though this was not the first large outbreak).

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名詞

Patterson's curse (uncountable)

1. (Australia) The plant Echium plantagineum, considered a noxious weed in Australia.
   • 1905 J. H. Maiden, Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, xvi.268, Quoted in 1985, G. A. Wilkes, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms, second edition, Sydney University Press, →ISBN,

     That ‘Paterson’s Curse’ produces some feed is undoubted, but it is a smothering, rough, coarse plant ... the vernacular name ‘Curse’ shows what many people think of it.

   • 1952, Glynde Nesta Griffiths, Some Southern Homes of New South Wales‎^[1], page 20:

     In spring the fields near the river are covered with beautiful mauve flowers, another pest, known as Patterson’s curse.