| 单词 | gold-seed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgold-seed gold-seed n. (a) a variety of rice with a yellowish husk, grown in the southern United States (frequently attributive) (now historical); †(b) crested dogstail grass, Cynosurus cristatus, which has yellowish seeds (obsolete). ΚΠ 1822 Amer. Farmer 11 Jan. 330/1 The gold-seed rice best suits our high lands, as that kind of seed is supposed to stand droughts more than the white rice. 1837 Penny Cycl. VIII. 253/2 Cynosurus Cristatus, a well-known pasture grass, called by farmers crested dogstail or gold-seed, exceedingly abundant in all natural and artificial grass land. 1855 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. I. 596/2 These grains [of Cynosurus Cristatus] commonly called seeds, being yellow, give rise to the provincial name of gold seed applied to the species. 1903 New Internat. Encycl. VII. 200/1 The seeds are small, shining and yellow, whence the name goldseed sometimes given to this grass by farmers. 1916 E. V. Wilcox Trop. Agric. x. 144 The chief varieties of rice grown in the United States are Goldseed, White rice, Japan rice, and Honduras rice. 2015 D. S. Shields Southern Provisions xii. 237 Gold seed yielded more per acre than the Piedmontese rice. < as lemmas |
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