| 释义 |
greeds, n. pl. dial.|griːdz|
[Repr. OE. grǽd ‘ulva’ (coarse grass, water-weeds), pl. grǽdas ‘gramina’. Cf. gratten, growth2.]
1. Straw manure.
1736J. Lewis Hist. Isle Tenet (ed. 2) 37 Greeds, the Straw, in a Place or Barton to make Dung of. 1855Cycl. Agric. (ed. Morton) II. 723/2 Greeds, (Kent) long manure in the straw-yard.
2. Applied to Duckweed and Pondweed.
1863Prior Plant-n. 99 Greeds, now applied to the Pondweed tribe. Potamogeton. 1879Britten & Holland Plant-n. 233 Greeds, Lemna minor, L. |