pearl grassn.

Brit.

/ˈpəːl ɡrɑːs/,

/ˈpəːl ɡras/, U.S.

/ˈpərl ˌɡræs/

Forms: see pearl n.¹ and adj. and grass n.¹; also Scottish (in sense 2) 1700s– pirl grass, 1900s– purl grass.

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

Etymology: < pearl n.¹ + grass n.¹The Scots forms in pirl- , purl- (in sense 2) are probably influenced by pirl v.; compare pearl n.¹ 8b.

1. The large quaking grass, Briza maxima, esp. a variety with albino spikelets, grown for ornament.In quot. 1859 (perhaps by confusion): common quaking grass, B. media.

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

Quakers1597

quaking grass1597

shakers1597

dodder-grass1617

brant-barley1633

cow-quakes1633

pearl grass1633

maidenhair grass1640

amourette1702

Lady's hair1732

quiver grass1759

quake1812

rattlesnake grass1814

totter-grass1821

silver shacklea1824

lady's tresses1842

fairy grass1846

earthquakes1851

trembling-grass1853

dadder grass1859

dithering-grass1878

totty-grass1901

shivery grass1926

1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) i. lxiv. 87 Phalaris pratensis altera... Clusius calleth it Gramen Amourettes majus... In English they call it Pearle-Grasse, and Garden-Quakers.

1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum xiii. xvi. 1166 The greatest white Spanish Quakers, or Pearle grasse.

1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum Gramen tremulum maximum album Hispanicum, the greatest white Spanish Quakers, or Pearl Grass. This greater white Spanish Kind is a small Grass, with slender Stalks..at the Tops whereof stand the greatest and flattish, soft, scaly Heads of any of the other before, and of a Silver, shining, white Colour, very beautiful to behold.

1859 A. Pratt Brit. Grasses & Sedges 96 Briza..média... This pretty, quaking, or tottering, or ‘doddering’ grass is plentiful..in the month of June. Our old writers call it Pearl-grass.

2001 Independent (Nexis) 20 Jan. 13 Try it [sc. eschscholtzia] with the annual pearl grass, Briza maxima.

2. The onion couch, Arrhenatherum elatius var. bulbosum. Also (occasionally): the common couch grass, Elymus repens. Cf. pearl n.¹ 8b.In sense ‘common couch grass’ (a plant which lacks the swollen basal internodes of the onion couch), either a confusion or perhaps a different word. [ < pirl v. + grass n.¹: compare etymological note.]

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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

1794 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XI. 374 Over-run with the creeping wheat-grass, known by the vulgar name of felt, or pirl-grass.

1837 Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) II. 595 The following [weeds] are found in the corn-fields... Avena Elatior, Pearl grass [etc.].

1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 166/1 Avena..elatior. Button-Grass, Couch Onion, Haver-Grass, Onion-Grass, Pearl-Grass.

1946 A. Nelson Princ. Agric. Bot. xxi. 427 In the bulbous variety [of Tall Oatgrass] the internodes situated below ground are swollen with food... This plant is a serious weed, and is known is some areas as onion couch or pearl grass.

1964 E. Salisbury Weeds & Aliens (ed. 2) vi. 154 If there is only one such enlarged segment, it is oval in shape, not unlike an onion; but more commonly several swollen segments occur together suggesting a string of beads, whence the names Pearl Grass and Button Grass.

1975 J. Y. Mather & H. H. Speitel Ling. Atlas Scotl. I. 322 Couch grass, [Perthshire, Stirlingshire] purl grass... [Argyllshire] pearl grass, pirl grass... [Lanarkshire] purl (grass).

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

单词	pearl grass
释义	pearl grassn. Brit. /ˈpəːl ɡrɑːs/, /ˈpəːl ɡras/, U.S. /ˈpərl ˌɡræs/ Forms: see pearl n.¹ and adj. and grass n.¹; also Scottish (in sense 2) 1700s– pirl grass, 1900s– purl grass. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pearl n.¹, grass n.¹ Etymology: < pearl n.¹ + grass n.¹The Scots forms in pirl- , purl- (in sense 2) are probably influenced by pirl v.; compare pearl n.¹ 8b. 1. The large quaking grass, Briza maxima, esp. a variety with albino spikelets, grown for ornament.In quot. 1859 (perhaps by confusion): common quaking grass, B. media. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > quaking-grass Quakers1597 quaking grass1597 shakers1597 dodder-grass1617 brant-barley1633 cow-quakes1633 pearl grass1633 maidenhair grass1640 amourette1702 Lady's hair1732 quiver grass1759 quake1812 rattlesnake grass1814 totter-grass1821 silver shacklea1824 lady's tresses1842 fairy grass1846 earthquakes1851 trembling-grass1853 dadder grass1859 dithering-grass1878 totty-grass1901 shivery grass1926 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) i. lxiv. 87 Phalaris pratensis altera... Clusius calleth it Gramen Amourettes majus... In English they call it Pearle-Grasse, and Garden-Quakers. 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum xiii. xvi. 1166 The greatest white Spanish Quakers, or Pearle grasse. 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum Gramen tremulum maximum album Hispanicum, the greatest white Spanish Quakers, or Pearl Grass. This greater white Spanish Kind is a small Grass, with slender Stalks..at the Tops whereof stand the greatest and flattish, soft, scaly Heads of any of the other before, and of a Silver, shining, white Colour, very beautiful to behold. 1859 A. Pratt Brit. Grasses & Sedges 96 Briza..média... This pretty, quaking, or tottering, or ‘doddering’ grass is plentiful..in the month of June. Our old writers call it Pearl-grass. 2001 Independent (Nexis) 20 Jan. 13 Try it [sc. eschscholtzia] with the annual pearl grass, Briza maxima. 2. The onion couch, Arrhenatherum elatius var. bulbosum. Also (occasionally): the common couch grass, Elymus repens. Cf. pearl n.¹ 8b.In sense ‘common couch grass’ (a plant which lacks the swollen basal internodes of the onion couch), either a confusion or perhaps a different word. [ < pirl v. + grass n.¹: compare etymological note.] 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 1794 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XI. 374 Over-run with the creeping wheat-grass, known by the vulgar name of felt, or pirl-grass. 1837 Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) II. 595 The following [weeds] are found in the corn-fields... Avena Elatior, Pearl grass [etc.]. 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 166/1 Avena..elatior. Button-Grass, Couch Onion, Haver-Grass, Onion-Grass, Pearl-Grass. 1946 A. Nelson Princ. Agric. Bot. xxi. 427 In the bulbous variety [of Tall Oatgrass] the internodes situated below ground are swollen with food... This plant is a serious weed, and is known is some areas as onion couch or pearl grass. 1964 E. Salisbury Weeds & Aliens (ed. 2) vi. 154 If there is only one such enlarged segment, it is oval in shape, not unlike an onion; but more commonly several swollen segments occur together suggesting a string of beads, whence the names Pearl Grass and Button Grass. 1975 J. Y. Mather & H. H. Speitel Ling. Atlas Scotl. I. 322 Couch grass, [Perthshire, Stirlingshire] purl grass... [Argyllshire] pearl grass, pirl grass... [Lanarkshire] purl (grass). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1633
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