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单词 cockscomb grass
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cockscomb grass
cockscomb grass n. Obsolete any of several grasses having a panicle thought to resemble the comb or crest of a cock, esp. of the genus Cynosurus.
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1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) i. 29 The Gramen Cristatum, or Cocks-combe grasse... The eare is small, longish, of a pale greene colour, somewhat bending, so that in some sort it resembles the combe of a Cocke.
1785 R. Relhan Flora Cantabrigiensis 39 Crested Dogs-tail-grass. Cocks-comb-grass.
1863 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants 51 Cockscomb-grass, from the shape of the panicle, Cynosurus echinatus.
1899 C. MacMillan Minnesota Plant Life i. 11 There one finds the knot-grasses, rag-weeds, thistles, cockscomb-grasses and other imported species.
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