| 单词 | in arrow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin arrow b. The flowering stalk of sugar cane. Also: the inflorescence of sugar cane, an arrow-shaped open panicle with pale mauve or white flowers. Also in arrow: flowering, having an arrow or arrows. The sugar cane inflorescence is also called a tassel. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > plants yielding sugar or syrup > [noun] > sugar-cane > parts of ratoon1631 arrow1750 1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados viii. 244 There are but few Canes, especially if they grow in a deep Soil, that shoot out into an Arrow decorated at the Top with a Pannicle. 1779 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 69 278 All canes have not arrows, and the coming out of an arrow depends on the season, and not on the age of the cane. 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log II. viii. 370 The cane-fields, then in arrow. 1879 Times 1 Nov. 7/6 Notwithstanding the genial weather, the ‘arrow’ or cane flower is slow in developing. 1929 H. A. A. Nicholls & J. H. Holland Text-bk. Trop. Agric. (ed. 2) ii. v. 187 In October, the canes throw out flowering stems, called arrows, and these are long terminal shoots bearing pyramidal tufts of mauve-coloured, downy blossoms. 1990 C. N. Babu Sugarcane (ed. 2) iv. 104 The roots establish and the arrows can be pollinated without difficulty. 2000 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 15 June 60/2 Infinite acres of the cane in arrow. < as lemmas |
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