restharrow
nounUK /ˈɹɛsthaɹəʊ/
Etymology From wrest + harrow, from the idea that the plant's tough roots would stop a harrow (agricultural implement used to break up soil).
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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:
- Derived terms
- yellow restharrow