单词 | nardus grass |
释义 | > as lemmasnardus grass 3. Botany. (In form Nardus) a monotypic genus of the family Gramineae, comprising mat-grass, Nardus stricta; (also nardus) the plant mat-grass (also nardus grass). Cf. nard n. 4.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) I. 53. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > mat-grass white bent1620 wire bent1756 mat-grass1777 nardus1777 nard1866 small matweed1866 1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica I. 90 Nardus, Lin. Gen. 69. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 777/2 Nardus, a genus of grasses belonging to the tribe Agrostidae. 1937 S. F. Armstrong Brit. Grasses (ed. 3) xv. 304 Disc harrowing was found to be the most effective in eradicating Nardus. 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 8 Mar. 71/1 Nardus (white bent) predominated. 1972 Country Life 9 Mar. 563/1 But there was colour in the sphagnum and the nardus grasses. 1991 R. J. Pankhurst in R. J. Pankhurst & J. M. Mullin Flora Outer Hebrides 46 Festuca vivipara is not present, F. rubra may occur, and Nardus, Deschampsia flexuosa and Molinia only occur in small quantity. < as lemmas |
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