英语词汇“lyme-grass”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	lyme-grass
释义	ˈlyme-grass [? f. lime n.¹ with reference to the binding quality of the plant; the spelling is app. suggested by the mod.L. generic name.] The name for grasses of the genus Elymus, esp. E. arenarius, a grass which is planted on sand, that its roots may help to keep the sand in its place. 1776Withering Bot. Arrangement Veg. I. 64 Lymegrass. Elymus.1787tr. Linnæus' Fam. Plants I. 52. 1854 S. Thomson Wild Fl. iii. (ed. 4) 299 The lyme grass (Elymus), by binding the sands..with its roots, assists in the resistance to the encroachments of the sea. b. attrib. in the name of a moth. 1869Newman Brit. Moths 275 The Lyme Grass (Tapinostola Elymi).
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