[Fictionary] stepmother's blessing revealed

[Pierre Abbat]

On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 00:35:03 Jean-Joseph Cote wrote:
> stepmother's blessing - n. - A plant, /Plantago echinosa/, introduced to 
> New Zealand as sheep fodder, but which turned out to be a noxious weed.
>  From Pierre.  No points.
> Elliott: Why stepmother?  Why blessing?

No idea. It's similar to Patterson's curse, with the scientific name reversed 
and altered.

Pierre
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