salvation Jane

noun

Etymology

From salvation + Jane (“female given name”); a reference to its use as animal fodder in times of drought.

Definitions

  1. The plant Echium plantagineum.

    • Though it is a meagre source of food compared to grass when there is no grass, Salvation Jane may just save the day for a hungry herd.

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