Damned vs Dyc - What's the difference?
damned | dyc |
Dyc has no English definition.
(damn)
(botany) damn (or damned) yellow composite; any hard-to-identify yellow-flowered member of the sunflower family (Compositae).
* 1981 , Kent Dannen, Donna Dannen, Rocky Mountain Wildflowers? , page 29
* 1989 , Janice J. Schofield, Richard W. Tyler, Discovering Wild Plants: Alaska, Western Canada, the Northwest? , page 131
* 2002 , Graham Nicholls, Alpine Plants of North America , page 145
* 2008 , James Luther Davis, The Northwest Nature Guide , page 205
Dyc is likely misspelled.
Dyc has no English definition.
As an adjective damned
is god-forsaken.As an adverb damned
is very.As a verb damned
is past tense of damn.damned
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* * English degree adverbsdyc
English
(Damned yellow composite) ===(en)=== (head)- At times, it seems as though all flowers are D. Y. C.' s, but these brash newcomers of all colors account for
- Herbalist Michael Moore describes Arnica as a "DYC ," or "damn yellow composite." For beginners studying flora, the yellow members of this family tend to cause confusion.
- Hymenoxys richardsonii'', like ''H. acaulis , covers a very wide range and could possibly come into the category of "just another D.Y.C. " (Damned Yellow Composite).
- The most common though sometimes difficult to tell apart yellow members of the sunflower family are arnicas, groundsels, goldenrods, and mountain-dandelions. There are so many confusing members of this family that some botanizers use the term DYC for "damn yellow composite."