What does starve acre mean?

starve acre

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.38 in modern English

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"To this species also belong starve acre and hunger weed."
""The Gaffer, he do call it 'starve acre,' and my old master, I worked for when a boy, called it 'money-out-o'-pocket.' Charles, here, do say it's^([sic]) name be 'rich-man's curse,' while Jack sticks out that its proper name be 'rob-the-ground.'"
"This plant, also called com crowfoot, hunger weed and starve acre, was very plentiful in winter wheat in parts of Worcestershire during 1943."

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