A partially parasitic herbaceous plant of the figwort family, typically favouring damp habitats. It is native to both Eurasia and North America and was formerly reputed to harbour lice.
马先蒿属植物
Genus Pedicularis, family Scrophulariaceae: several species, including the red rattle
Example sentencesExamples
Leafy lousewort may be found in open coniferous woods or in openings in the forest at timberline.
Swamp lousewort, however, is a taller, more upright plant, and its leaves have no stalk or only a very short stalk.
Among the common wildflowers are one-flowered cinquefoil, woolly lousewort, alpine willowherb, three saxifrages, and an Indian paintbrush.
Now the engineers have proudly announced the discovery of no fewer than five clumps of louseworts safely beyond the proposed dam site.
The lousewort grows mostly on north-facing riverbanks because the vegetation is less dense there.
Definition of lousewort in US English:
lousewort
nounˈlousˌwərt
A partially parasitic herbaceous plant of the figwort family, typically favoring damp habitats. It is native to both Eurasia and North America and was formerly reputed to harbor lice.
马先蒿属植物
Genus Pedicularis, family Scrophulariaceae: several species, including wood betony (P. canadensis) and swamp lousewort (P. lanceolata)
Example sentencesExamples
Among the common wildflowers are one-flowered cinquefoil, woolly lousewort, alpine willowherb, three saxifrages, and an Indian paintbrush.
Now the engineers have proudly announced the discovery of no fewer than five clumps of louseworts safely beyond the proposed dam site.
Swamp lousewort, however, is a taller, more upright plant, and its leaves have no stalk or only a very short stalk.
The lousewort grows mostly on north-facing riverbanks because the vegetation is less dense there.
Leafy lousewort may be found in open coniferous woods or in openings in the forest at timberline.