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

iron-grass n. †(a) a plant, Spermacoce tenuior (family Rubiaceae), native to the Caribbean and southern United States; cf. buttonweed n. at button n. Compounds 2b (obsolete); (b) any of various grasses or grass-like plants with tough, wiry stems and leaves; esp. (English regional) knot grass, Polygonum aviculare, and (Australian) any of various plants of the genus Lomandra (family Asparagaceae).

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1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 141 Spermacoce 5. Scandens... The iron-grass, or climbing Spermacoce.

1794 W. Pitt Gen. View Agric. Stafford 27 Hard grass, iron grass, carnation grass (carex's): these, upon draining and top-dressing their native bogs, generally give way to the more valuable grasses.

1814 J. Lunan Hortus Jamaicensis I. 128 This plant [sc. Spermacoce tenuior] has been called iron grass, and is found according to Browne only in the woods, where it grows, sometimes upright and sometimes as a climber.

1862 South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide) 24 Apr. 2/3 Barren-looking table land covered with coarse grass, among which is a great quantity of iron-grass, which no animal cares to eat.

1920 W. E. Brenchley Weeds of Farm Land xiii. 207 Aira caespitosa..hassock, huff-caps, iron grass, sniddle, sniggle-grass [etc.].

1964 E. Salisbury Weeds & Aliens (ed. 2) v. 100 I found Chickweed on 26 per cent of the sites and Scentless Mayweed, Greater Plantain, Irongrass and Shepherd's Purse—on 15 to 16 per cent.

2002 Jrnl. Herpetol. 36 110/2 Native plants [near Burra, S. Australia] include species of irongrass (Lomandra).

单词	iron-grass
释义	> as lemmas iron-grass iron-grass n. †(a) a plant, Spermacoce tenuior (family Rubiaceae), native to the Caribbean and southern United States; cf. buttonweed n. at button n. Compounds 2b (obsolete); (b) any of various grasses or grass-like plants with tough, wiry stems and leaves; esp. (English regional) knot grass, Polygonum aviculare, and (Australian) any of various plants of the genus Lomandra (family Asparagaceae). ΚΠ 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 141 Spermacoce 5. Scandens... The iron-grass, or climbing Spermacoce. 1794 W. Pitt Gen. View Agric. Stafford 27 Hard grass, iron grass, carnation grass (carex's): these, upon draining and top-dressing their native bogs, generally give way to the more valuable grasses. 1814 J. Lunan Hortus Jamaicensis I. 128 This plant [sc. Spermacoce tenuior] has been called iron grass, and is found according to Browne only in the woods, where it grows, sometimes upright and sometimes as a climber. 1862 South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide) 24 Apr. 2/3 Barren-looking table land covered with coarse grass, among which is a great quantity of iron-grass, which no animal cares to eat. 1920 W. E. Brenchley Weeds of Farm Land xiii. 207 Aira caespitosa..hassock, huff-caps, iron grass, sniddle, sniggle-grass [etc.]. 1964 E. Salisbury Weeds & Aliens (ed. 2) v. 100 I found Chickweed on 26 per cent of the sites and Scentless Mayweed, Greater Plantain, Irongrass and Shepherd's Purse—on 15 to 16 per cent. 2002 Jrnl. Herpetol. 36 110/2 Native plants [near Burra, S. Australia] include species of irongrass (Lomandra). extracted from ironn.¹ < as lemmas
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