单词 | lovegrass |
释义 | > as lemmaslovegrass lovegrass n. a grass of the genus Eragrostis (frequently with distinguishing word). [The reason for the name is unclear.] ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > meadow grass meadow grass1597 silver grass1600 lovegrass1702 spear-grass1747 bluegrass1751 wiregrass1751 poa1753 poa grass1759 Suffolk grass1759 fowl-meadow-grass1774 penguin grass1776 mead grass1778 June grass1840 weeping Polly1880 1702 J. Petiver in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 23 1257 What is peculiar in this Love-grass is its having just under each spike, its stalk clammy. 1855 G. Emerson Farmer's & Planter's Encycl. Rural Affairs (new ed.) 737/2 Love-grass... It is a pretty species of foreign grass, growing in gardens about a foot high in any common soil. 1945 J. M. Fogg Weeds of Lawn & Garden 42 Fields solidly occupied by Purple Lovegrass are a conspicuous and attractive feature of the autumn landscape. 2000 High Country News 6 Nov. 4 (caption) Refuge planner Bonnie Swarbrick walks through a field of healthy—but non-native—Lehmann lovegrass. < as lemmas |
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