oat-grassn.

Brit.

/ˈəʊtɡrɑːs/,

/ˈəʊtɡras/, U.S.

/ˈoʊtˌɡræs/

Forms: see oat n. and grass n.¹

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

Etymology: < oat n. + grass n.¹

1. Any of numerous grasses related to the cultivated oat ( Avena sativa) or thought to resemble it, including members of the genera Avena, Arrhenatherum, and Helictotrichon (or Avenula); esp. (in full tall oat grass, false oat grass) Arrhenatherum elatius, a tall grass of hedges, rough grassland, etc., native to western Eurasia and naturalized in North America. Frequently with distinguishing word.meadow oatgrass: see meadow n. Compounds 3.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > goose-grass

haver grass1578

oat-grass1578

golden oat1716

brome1762

goose-corn1762

pearl grass1794

goose-grass1853

pearl1886

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. xlvi. 505 Bycause of the likenesse it hath with Otes..we may call it in Englishe, Hauer, or Ote grasse.

1724 J. J. Dillenius Ray's Synopsis Methodica Stirpium Brit. (ed. 3) 413 Festuca Avenacea hirsuta, paniculis minus sparsis... Rough Oat-grass with more compact panicles.

1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica I. 105 [Avena elatior] Tall Oat-Grass. Anglis.

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xiii. 147 Bearded Oat-grass, vulgarly called Wild Oats.

1795 W. Winterbotham Hist. Rec. III. 401 The States of New-England abound with..Millet,..Fescue grass,..Oat grass.

1832 Ld. Tennyson New Year's Eve vii, in Poems (new ed.) 98 The summer airs blow cool, On the oatgrass and the swordgrass, and the bulrush in the pool.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 93/2 The tall Oat-grass, A[rrhenatherum] avenaceum..in many instances forms a very considerable portion of good meadows and pastures.

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.

1993 Wildlife News (Berks., Bucks. & Oxon Naturalists' Trust) 11/1 At least 16 species [of grass] including upright brome,..downy oat-grass and quaking-grass alongside field woodrush and glaucous sedge.

2. Any of various grasses of the genus Trisetum thought to resemble the oat. Frequently with distinguishing word.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > other grasses

feather-top grass1597

hooded matweed1597

millet grass1597

spring grass1643

moor grass1749

melic1762

finger grass1767

feather-grass1776

aegilops1777

oat-grass1802

prairie grass1812

oat-grass1814

tansy mustard1856

purple moor grass1859

whorl-grass1861

Molinia1866

onion grass1868

káns1874

Turk's-head grass1882

Pangola finger-grass1947

tor grass1954

bush-grass-

1802 J. Drayton View S.-Carolina 61 Oat grass. (Avena Caroliniana.) Grows in rich tide lands.

1872 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 1871 4 300 Trisetum antarcticum. Oat-grass.—A local grass, widely distributed.

1880 J. Buchanan Man. Indigenous Grasses N.Z. 97 Trisetum antarcticum, Shining Oat Grass.

1908 Animal Managem. (War Office) 107 ‘Yellow Oat grass’, so named from the golden appearance of its Oat flowering head, is a valuable hay grass which flourishes particularly in the south of England and the Thames Valley.

1939 N.Z. Jrnl. Sci. & Technol. 20 233A The following species appear to merit thorough testing as to their nutritive quality..: native oat-grass (Trisetum spp.) [etc.].

1960 V. Williams Walk Egypt 7 No one knew why the trees stopped at an invisible line, and oatgrass and sedge took over.

3. Any of various grasses of the genera Danthonia and Chionochloa thought to resemble the oat (cf. danthonia n.). Frequently with distinguishing word.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > other grasses

feather-top grass1597

hooded matweed1597

millet grass1597

spring grass1643

moor grass1749

melic1762

finger grass1767

feather-grass1776

aegilops1777

oat-grass1802

prairie grass1812

oat-grass1814

tansy mustard1856

purple moor grass1859

whorl-grass1861

Molinia1866

onion grass1868

káns1874

Turk's-head grass1882

Pangola finger-grass1947

tor grass1954

bush-grass-

1814 J. Bigelow Florula Bostoniensis 32 Spiked Oat grass... Danthonia spicata... A commmon grass in dry sunny pastures.

1825 Austral. (Sydney) 21 July 4 A late danthonia, or gigantic oatgrass was most remarkable.

1903 G. Sutherland Australasian Live Stock Man. (ed. 2) 390 So far as sheep are concerned, ‘Oat grass’, or D. carphoides, is one of the most valuable of the perennial Danthonias in New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia.

1922 N.Z. Jrnl. Sci. & Technol. 4 281 One known locally as oat-grass (Danthonia, species probably flavescens)..grew plentifully among the rocks on the lower slopes.

1939 J. H. Beattie First White Boy born Otago 119 Two native grasses, known to the early stockmen as barley grass and oat grass respectively from a chance resemblance to those two cereals, were predominant.

1976 Hortus Third (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) 362/1 Danthonia.., Oat grass, wild o[at] g[rass].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oat-grass
释义	oat-grassn. Brit. /ˈəʊtɡrɑːs/, /ˈəʊtɡras/, U.S. /ˈoʊtˌɡræs/ Forms: see oat n. and grass n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: oat n., grass n.¹ Etymology: < oat n. + grass n.¹ 1. Any of numerous grasses related to the cultivated oat ( Avena sativa) or thought to resemble it, including members of the genera Avena, Arrhenatherum, and Helictotrichon (or Avenula); esp. (in full tall oat grass, false oat grass) Arrhenatherum elatius, a tall grass of hedges, rough grassland, etc., native to western Eurasia and naturalized in North America. Frequently with distinguishing word.meadow oatgrass: see meadow n. Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > goose-grass haver grass1578 oat-grass1578 golden oat1716 brome1762 goose-corn1762 pearl grass1794 goose-grass1853 pearl1886 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. xlvi. 505 Bycause of the likenesse it hath with Otes..we may call it in Englishe, Hauer, or Ote grasse. 1724 J. J. Dillenius Ray's Synopsis Methodica Stirpium Brit. (ed. 3) 413 Festuca Avenacea hirsuta, paniculis minus sparsis... Rough Oat-grass with more compact panicles. 1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica I. 105 [Avena elatior] Tall Oat-Grass. Anglis. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xiii. 147 Bearded Oat-grass, vulgarly called Wild Oats. 1795 W. Winterbotham Hist. Rec. III. 401 The States of New-England abound with..Millet,..Fescue grass,..Oat grass. 1832 Ld. Tennyson New Year's Eve vii, in Poems (new ed.) 98 The summer airs blow cool, On the oatgrass and the swordgrass, and the bulrush in the pool. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 93/2 The tall Oat-grass, A[rrhenatherum] avenaceum..in many instances forms a very considerable portion of good meadows and pastures. 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. 1993 Wildlife News (Berks., Bucks. & Oxon Naturalists' Trust) 11/1 At least 16 species [of grass] including upright brome,..downy oat-grass and quaking-grass alongside field woodrush and glaucous sedge. 2. Any of various grasses of the genus Trisetum thought to resemble the oat. Frequently with distinguishing word. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > other grasses feather-top grass1597 hooded matweed1597 millet grass1597 spring grass1643 moor grass1749 melic1762 finger grass1767 feather-grass1776 aegilops1777 oat-grass1802 prairie grass1812 oat-grass1814 tansy mustard1856 purple moor grass1859 whorl-grass1861 Molinia1866 onion grass1868 káns1874 Turk's-head grass1882 Pangola finger-grass1947 tor grass1954 bush-grass- 1802 J. Drayton View S.-Carolina 61 Oat grass. (Avena Caroliniana.) Grows in rich tide lands. 1872 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 1871 4 300 Trisetum antarcticum. Oat-grass.—A local grass, widely distributed. 1880 J. Buchanan Man. Indigenous Grasses N.Z. 97 Trisetum antarcticum, Shining Oat Grass. 1908 Animal Managem. (War Office) 107 ‘Yellow Oat grass’, so named from the golden appearance of its Oat flowering head, is a valuable hay grass which flourishes particularly in the south of England and the Thames Valley. 1939 N.Z. Jrnl. Sci. & Technol. 20 233A The following species appear to merit thorough testing as to their nutritive quality..: native oat-grass (Trisetum spp.) [etc.]. 1960 V. Williams Walk Egypt 7 No one knew why the trees stopped at an invisible line, and oatgrass and sedge took over. 3. Any of various grasses of the genera Danthonia and Chionochloa thought to resemble the oat (cf. danthonia n.). Frequently with distinguishing word. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > other grasses feather-top grass1597 hooded matweed1597 millet grass1597 spring grass1643 moor grass1749 melic1762 finger grass1767 feather-grass1776 aegilops1777 oat-grass1802 prairie grass1812 oat-grass1814 tansy mustard1856 purple moor grass1859 whorl-grass1861 Molinia1866 onion grass1868 káns1874 Turk's-head grass1882 Pangola finger-grass1947 tor grass1954 bush-grass- 1814 J. Bigelow Florula Bostoniensis 32 Spiked Oat grass... Danthonia spicata... A commmon grass in dry sunny pastures. 1825 Austral. (Sydney) 21 July 4 A late danthonia, or gigantic oatgrass was most remarkable. 1903 G. Sutherland Australasian Live Stock Man. (ed. 2) 390 So far as sheep are concerned, ‘Oat grass’, or D. carphoides, is one of the most valuable of the perennial Danthonias in New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. 1922 N.Z. Jrnl. Sci. & Technol. 4 281 One known locally as oat-grass (Danthonia, species probably flavescens)..grew plentifully among the rocks on the lower slopes. 1939 J. H. Beattie First White Boy born Otago 119 Two native grasses, known to the early stockmen as barley grass and oat grass respectively from a chance resemblance to those two cereals, were predominant. 1976 Hortus Third (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) 362/1 Danthonia.., Oat grass, wild o[at] g[rass]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1578
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