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restharrow

[rest-har-oh]

noun

a low, pink-flowered European shrub, Ononis spinosa, of the legume family, having tough roots that hinder the plow or harrow.

Origin:
1540–50; rest¹ + harrow¹

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restharrow (ˈrɛstˌhærəʊ)

—n
	any of several Eurasian leguminous plants of the genus Ononis, such as O. repens and O. spinosa, with tough stems and roots

[C16: from rest variant of arrest (to hinder, stop) + harrow¹]

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