| 词汇 | volunteer plant |
| 词源 | volunteer plant. A volunteer plant is any plant that grows without being seeded, planted, or cultivated by a person; it is one that springs up spontaneously. The expression goes back at least to the turn of the century. Among mountain folk it is also a euphemism for an illegitimate child. |
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