meadow grassn.

Brit.

/ˈmɛdəʊ ɡrɑːs/,

/ˈmɛdəʊ ɡras/, U.S.

/ˈmɛdoʊ ˌɡræs/

Forms: see meadow n. and grass n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: meadow n., grass n.¹

Etymology: < meadow n. + grass n.¹

1. Grass that grows in a meadow; a grass or grasslike plant occurring in a meadow.

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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > herb or herbaceous plant > [noun] > herbage or grass > forming characteristic vegetation

meadow grassa1300

bottom grass1594

long grass1699

sweet-grass1812

short-grass1826

prairie wool1908

a1300 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 68 (MED) Vnder molde hi liggeþ colde & faleweþ so doþ medewe gres.

c1390 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 342 (MED) Þe eorþe ȝeldeþ not fruit As hit wont was, Of Corn of þe feld Ne of þe Medewe Gras.

1688 J. Barker Poet. Recreations i. 46 The Birds nor Bushes, or the gaudy Fields..Nor the soft Meadow-grass seem Plush, as when We us'd to walk together kindly here.

1744 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Jan. xxii. 121 The Tyne Grass and the Lady-finger Grass are the two best Sorts of natural Meadow Grasses.

1777 Farmer's Mag. Nov. 378 Their general feed..consists of either clover, saintfoin, or good meadow grass.

1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 121 The fields and meadow grass Will gladly hide their [sc. the peewits'] careless shed.

1871–2 Cassell's Techn. Educator II. 231/1 Nitrogenous manures are more peculiarly adapted for graminaceous plants, such as the meadow-grasses and the cereals.

1913 Polit. Sci. Q. 28 393 Meadow grass could grow only in very definite places on low and moist land which lay as a rule along the course of a stream.

1988 A. Lurie Truth about Lorin Jones v. 87 There was no garden then, just long meadow grass right up to the walls.

2. Chiefly with distinguishing word: any of various grasses constituting the genus Poa, characterized by open panicles and spikelets commonly with 2–5 unawned florets, chiefly found in temperate and cool regions of the world (in the United States called bluegrass); spec. (more fully smooth-stalked meadow grass) a grass of meadows and pastures, P. pratensis, with smooth leaf sheaths (in the United States called Kentucky bluegrass). Also (with distinguishing word): any of various grasses of other genera formerly included in the genus Poa, esp. the sweet-grasses (genus Glyceria) and the saltmarsh grasses (genus Puccinellia).annual, reed, rough-stalked, etc., meadow grass: see the first element.

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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

1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 1 Common Medow grasse hath very small tufts of rootes.

1670 J. Ray Catalogus Plantarum Angliæ 153 Gramen pratense paniculatum... The lesser Meadow-grass.

1724 J. J. Dillenius Ray's Synopsis Methodica Stirpium Brit. (ed. 3) 409 Gramen pratense paniculatum medium... The greater or middlesort of Meadow-Grass.

1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 141 Poa..pratensis... Smooth stalked meadow-grass. Meadows, dry banks, and even on walls.

1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 146 Poa angustifolia nemoralis. Huds. Wood Meadow-grass. Woods and shady places.

1850 S. F. Cooper Rural Hours 124 The timothy is an imported grass; so is the meadow-grass considered as the best of all for pasture.

1872 J. T. B. Syme Sowerby's Eng. Bot. (ed. 3) XI. 98 Floating Meadow-Grass... In several parts of Germany this grass is cultivated for its seeds, which form the manna croup of the shops.

1903 W. S. Furneaux Sea Shore (1922) xvi. 396 The Sea Meadow Grass (Poa maritima) grows in salt marshes near the sea.

1905 E. A. U. Valentine Hecla Sandwith 255 The gale whipped the meadow-grass into leaping silver lines.

1937 S. F. Armstrong Brit. Grasses (ed. 3) ii. xvi. 322 For ordinary garden lawns, turf composed of indigenous Perennial Rye-grass, Crested Dog's-tail and the Meadow-grasses will serve very well.

1954 C. E. Hubbard Grasses 167 ‘Meadow Grass’ is widespread in the British Isles... It is often common in old meadows.

1968 V. S. Summerhayes Wild Orchids Brit. (ed. 2) iv. 96 Common grass-like plants in the fens are the tall sedge Cladium mariscus,..reed meadow grass (Glyceria maxima), [etc.].

1994 Jrnl. Ecol. 82 31 Bergelson..studied competition between annual meadow grass Poa annua and the ephemeral Senecio vulgaris in the presence and absence of slugs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meadow grass
释义	meadow grassn. Brit. /ˈmɛdəʊ ɡrɑːs/, /ˈmɛdəʊ ɡras/, U.S. /ˈmɛdoʊ ˌɡræs/ Forms: see meadow n. and grass n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: meadow n., grass n.¹ Etymology: < meadow n. + grass n.¹ 1. Grass that grows in a meadow; a grass or grasslike plant occurring in a meadow. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > herb or herbaceous plant > [noun] > herbage or grass > forming characteristic vegetation meadow grassa1300 bottom grass1594 long grass1699 sweet-grass1812 short-grass1826 prairie wool1908 a1300 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 68 (MED) Vnder molde hi liggeþ colde & faleweþ so doþ medewe gres. c1390 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 342 (MED) Þe eorþe ȝeldeþ not fruit As hit wont was, Of Corn of þe feld Ne of þe Medewe Gras. 1688 J. Barker Poet. Recreations i. 46 The Birds nor Bushes, or the gaudy Fields..Nor the soft Meadow-grass seem Plush, as when We us'd to walk together kindly here. 1744 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Jan. xxii. 121 The Tyne Grass and the Lady-finger Grass are the two best Sorts of natural Meadow Grasses. 1777 Farmer's Mag. Nov. 378 Their general feed..consists of either clover, saintfoin, or good meadow grass. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 121 The fields and meadow grass Will gladly hide their [sc. the peewits'] careless shed. 1871–2 Cassell's Techn. Educator II. 231/1 Nitrogenous manures are more peculiarly adapted for graminaceous plants, such as the meadow-grasses and the cereals. 1913 Polit. Sci. Q. 28 393 Meadow grass could grow only in very definite places on low and moist land which lay as a rule along the course of a stream. 1988 A. Lurie Truth about Lorin Jones v. 87 There was no garden then, just long meadow grass right up to the walls. 2. Chiefly with distinguishing word: any of various grasses constituting the genus Poa, characterized by open panicles and spikelets commonly with 2–5 unawned florets, chiefly found in temperate and cool regions of the world (in the United States called bluegrass); spec. (more fully smooth-stalked meadow grass) a grass of meadows and pastures, P. pratensis, with smooth leaf sheaths (in the United States called Kentucky bluegrass). Also (with distinguishing word): any of various grasses of other genera formerly included in the genus Poa, esp. the sweet-grasses (genus Glyceria) and the saltmarsh grasses (genus Puccinellia).annual, reed, rough-stalked, etc., meadow grass: see the first element. 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 1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 1 Common Medow grasse hath very small tufts of rootes. 1670 J. Ray Catalogus Plantarum Angliæ 153 Gramen pratense paniculatum... The lesser Meadow-grass. 1724 J. J. Dillenius Ray's Synopsis Methodica Stirpium Brit. (ed. 3) 409 Gramen pratense paniculatum medium... The greater or middlesort of Meadow-Grass. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 141 Poa..pratensis... Smooth stalked meadow-grass. Meadows, dry banks, and even on walls. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 146 Poa angustifolia nemoralis. Huds. Wood Meadow-grass. Woods and shady places. 1850 S. F. Cooper Rural Hours 124 The timothy is an imported grass; so is the meadow-grass considered as the best of all for pasture. 1872 J. T. B. Syme Sowerby's Eng. Bot. (ed. 3) XI. 98 Floating Meadow-Grass... In several parts of Germany this grass is cultivated for its seeds, which form the manna croup of the shops. 1903 W. S. Furneaux Sea Shore (1922) xvi. 396 The Sea Meadow Grass (Poa maritima) grows in salt marshes near the sea. 1905 E. A. U. Valentine Hecla Sandwith 255 The gale whipped the meadow-grass into leaping silver lines. 1937 S. F. Armstrong Brit. Grasses (ed. 3) ii. xvi. 322 For ordinary garden lawns, turf composed of indigenous Perennial Rye-grass, Crested Dog's-tail and the Meadow-grasses will serve very well. 1954 C. E. Hubbard Grasses 167 ‘Meadow Grass’ is widespread in the British Isles... It is often common in old meadows. 1968 V. S. Summerhayes Wild Orchids Brit. (ed. 2) iv. 96 Common grass-like plants in the fens are the tall sedge Cladium mariscus,..reed meadow grass (Glyceria maxima), [etc.]. 1994 Jrnl. Ecol. 82 31 Bergelson..studied competition between annual meadow grass Poa annua and the ephemeral Senecio vulgaris in the presence and absence of slugs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1300
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