A name for various long-stalked species of grass, as Cynosurus cristatus (dog's-tail grass), Lolium perenne (rye-grass), and Agrostis Spicaventi…
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > names applied to various types of grass (16) windlestrawc1000 A name for various long-stalked species of grass, as Cynosurus cristatus (dog's-tail grass), Lolium perenne (rye-grass), and Agrostis Spicaventi… shear-grass1483 A name popularly applied to several kinds of sharp-edged grass or sedge, which are apt to cut the mouths of grazing animals or the hands of a person… risp1508 More fully risp grass. Any of various long coarse grasses, sedges, or reeds found on boggy ground. sweet-grass1577 Any kind of grass (or herb called ‘grass’) of a sweet taste serving as fodder; spec. a book-name for the genus Glyceria; also locally, the woodruff, A… star grass1687 Any of various grasses, grass-like plants, or aquatic plants having stellate flowers, seed heads, or arrangement of leaves; esp. Aletris farinosa… reesk1735 Coarse grass growing on rough ground or moorland. bluegrass1751 Any of various bluish grasses or grass-like plants of other genera; spec. (a) Scottish any of various sedges of the genus Carex (obsolete); (b) Austr… cheat1784 A name given locally to certain grasses ‘from resemblance to the grain among which they grow’. spear-grass1784 One or other of various British grasses, esp. couch-grass (Triticum repens, Agrostis, etc.). white top1803 Any of various grasses having a pale inflorescence. Cf. red-top, n. 1. prairie grass1812 grass, or any kind of grass, growing on the prairies; (spec. in Australia) a brome, Ceratochloa cathartica, formerly grown as fodder. elephant grass1832 any of various kinds of grass or grasslike plants, esp. Pennisetum purpureum ryegrass1845 North American. Any of various creeping grasses of the genus Elymus. Also with distinguishing word. wool-grass1854 name for various grasses or grass-like plants having woolly spikelets, as the American Scirpus cyperinus (S. eriophorum) and the European Erianthus r… snow-grass1865 one of several coarse grasses of upland regions, esp., in New Zealand, a tussock grass of the genus Danthonia; cf. danthonia, n.; also attributive. quick1896 South African. Any of various creeping grasses, esp. of the genera Cynodon and Stenotaphrum. Frequently with distinguishing word. Cf. kweek, n., quick… |
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