单词 | meadow oatgrass |
释义 | > as lemmasmeadow oatgrass meadow oatgrass n. (a) a tufted perennial grass of calcareous grassland, Helictotrichon pratense; (b) U.S. false oatgrass, Arrhenatherum elatius. ΚΠ 1877 H. Stewart Irrigation for Farm, Garden, & Orchard 120 There are several grasses..that are much better adapted to this culture [sc. an irrigated meadow]. These are the fowl meadow grass (Poa serotina), rough-stalked meadow grass (Poa trivialis), the tall meadow oat-grass, called ray grass in France, (Arrenatherum avenaceum), [etc.]. 1937 S. F. Armstrong Brit. Grasses (ed. 3) x. 182 Tall or False Oat-grass is indigenous to the whole of Europe and western Asia except the extreme north, and has been introduced into North America where it is sometimes known as Meadow Oat-grass. 1995 Daily Tel. 18 Sept. 5/1 The common, one of the last examples of a hay meadow in Huntingdonshire, is known for its trailing tormentil, meadow saxifrage..and hawkbit, and for rare grasses such as crested hair grass, quaking grass and meadow oat grass. < as lemmas |
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