RESTHARROW


Meaning of RESTHARROW in English

■ noun a sticky leguminous plant which has pink flowers and creeping woody stems with spines. [Genus Ononis .]

Origin

C16: from obs. rest 'stop, arrest' + harrow (because the tough stems impeded the progress of a harrow).

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