Pangolan.

Brit.

/paŋˈɡəʊlə/, U.S.

/pæŋˈɡoʊlə/

Forms: 1900s– Pangola, 1900s– Pongola Brit.

/pɒŋˈɡəʊlə/, U.S.

/pɑŋˈɡoʊlə/,

/pɑnˈɡoʊlə/. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Pongola.

Etymology: < the name of the river Pongola in South Africa. Compare the following:1977 A. V. Bogdan Trop. Pasture & Fodder Plants 113 The name Pangola grass has been derived from the Pongola River in the Piet Retief district of eastern Transvaal..and some authors suggested the name Pongola grass, possibly with a view of avoiding confusion with any other forms of Digitaria which may come from the Pangola River area of western Transvaal. It has also been suggested that the name Pangola grass should be applied only to those clones which..were originally brought to USA in 1935 and which are now widely grown in a number of countries.

In full Pangola grass, Pangola finger-grass. A stoloniferous, creeping finger-grass, Digitaria decumbens, native to southern Africa and widely grown in warm and tropical regions, esp. as a pasture grass.

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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-

1947 D. B. D. Meredith Effect of Fertilisers on Grasses in S. Afr. v. 115 The area selected had been planted..to alternate rows of the Pongola Finger grass and Digitaria Smutsii.

1952 M. A. Flores in Proc. 6th Internat. Grassland Congr. II. 1435 Pangola grass, introduced within recent years from Africa through Florida, U.S.A., is finding favor with livestock producers because of its resistance to drought.

1966 A. M. M. Rees in W. Davies & C. L. Skidmore Trop. Pastures xi. 171 Recorded gross outputs of over £50 per acre were obtained..from milk and beef produced from Pangola pastures.

1972 E. Hargreaves Fair Green Weed vii. 93 We're putting in pangola to make pastures of the old banana plantations.

1996 E. Lovelace Salt viii. 144 In a clearing in the forest he had found a huge field overrun with pangola grass.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pangola
释义	Pangolan. Brit. /paŋˈɡəʊlə/, U.S. /pæŋˈɡoʊlə/ Forms: 1900s– Pangola, 1900s– Pongola Brit. /pɒŋˈɡəʊlə/, U.S. /pɑŋˈɡoʊlə/, /pɑnˈɡoʊlə/. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Pongola. Etymology: < the name of the river Pongola in South Africa. Compare the following:1977 A. V. Bogdan Trop. Pasture & Fodder Plants 113 The name Pangola grass has been derived from the Pongola River in the Piet Retief district of eastern Transvaal..and some authors suggested the name Pongola grass, possibly with a view of avoiding confusion with any other forms of Digitaria which may come from the Pangola River area of western Transvaal. It has also been suggested that the name Pangola grass should be applied only to those clones which..were originally brought to USA in 1935 and which are now widely grown in a number of countries. In full Pangola grass, Pangola finger-grass. A stoloniferous, creeping finger-grass, Digitaria decumbens, native to southern Africa and widely grown in warm and tropical regions, esp. as a pasture grass. 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- 1947 D. B. D. Meredith Effect of Fertilisers on Grasses in S. Afr. v. 115 The area selected had been planted..to alternate rows of the Pongola Finger grass and Digitaria Smutsii. 1952 M. A. Flores in Proc. 6th Internat. Grassland Congr. II. 1435 Pangola grass, introduced within recent years from Africa through Florida, U.S.A., is finding favor with livestock producers because of its resistance to drought. 1966 A. M. M. Rees in W. Davies & C. L. Skidmore Trop. Pastures xi. 171 Recorded gross outputs of over £50 per acre were obtained..from milk and beef produced from Pangola pastures. 1972 E. Hargreaves Fair Green Weed vii. 93 We're putting in pangola to make pastures of the old banana plantations. 1996 E. Lovelace Salt viii. 144 In a clearing in the forest he had found a huge field overrun with pangola grass. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1947
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