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† dew-grass Obs.|ˈdjuːgrɑːs, -græs|
[f. dew n. + grass, suggested by L. G. Himmeldau, med.L. ros cæli, ‘dew of heaven’, manna.]
A name given by Gerarde and other early herbalists to an esculent grass of Central Europe, the cultivated form of Panicum sanguinale, Manna-grass.
1597Gerarde Herbal i. xx. 25 The Germanes call it Himeldau, that is to say Cæli ros, whereupon it was called Gramen Mannæ..Lobel calleth it gramen mannæ esculentum, for that in Germany and other parts, as Bohemia, and Italy, they use to eat the same as a kind of bread corne, and also make potage therewith as we do with oatmeale..In English it may be called manna grasse or Dew grasse; but more fitly rice-grasse. 1610W. Folkingham Art of Survey i. vii. 14 Panick, Amilcorne, Spelt-corn, Garences, Dewgrasse, Jobs teares. 1640Parkinson Theat. Bot. 1180 The Dew grasse is said to discusse the hardnesse of womens breasts, the seede is food for small birds, and Pidgeons and Hens and for men also.
[Erroneously taken by Prior, Plant Names, for the Cock's-foot grass, Dactylis glomerata; whence in later Dictionaries and lists]. |