英语词汇beautiful nuisance的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

beautiful nuisance. A euphemistic Southern name for the kudzu vine, a scourge in the U.S. South where it was introduced as a valuable forage crop and soil conditioner but became a fast-growing weedy pest in southern gardens. Kuzu is the Japa nese name for this Asiatic plant (Pueraria thunbergiana) of the pea family. The kudzu has had more publicity but the most per- nicious weed in the South, and in all America, is the purple nutsedge (Cyperus rotundas), which can grow 39 inches long and does far more damage.

词汇	beautiful nuisance
词源	beautiful nuisance. A euphemistic Southern name for the kudzu vine, a scourge in the U.S. South where it was introduced as a valuable forage crop and soil conditioner but became a fast-growing weedy pest in southern gardens. Kuzu is the Japa nese name for this Asiatic plant (Pueraria thunbergiana) of the pea family. The kudzu has had more publicity but the most per- nicious weed in the South, and in all America, is the purple nutsedge (Cyperus rotundas), which can grow 39 inches long and does far more damage.
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