"starve-acre" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more starve-acre [comparative], most starve-acre [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} starve-acre (comparative more starve-acre, superlative most starve-acre)
  1. Pertaining to or characteristic of unproductive, impoverished soil.
    Sense id: en-starve-acre-en-adj-akGPFBUA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: starveacre, starve acre, stave-acre, stave acre

Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} starve-acre (uncountable)
  1. A type of crowfoot Ranunculus arvensis, known for growing on impoverished soil. Tags: uncountable Categories (lifeform): Buttercup family plants
    Sense id: en-starve-acre-en-noun-Gj3DNKEu Disambiguation of Buttercup family plants: 7 93 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English exocentric verb-noun compounds, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 6 94 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 95 Disambiguation of English exocentric verb-noun compounds: 35 65 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: starveacre, starve acre, stave-acre, stave acre

Alternative forms

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