| 单词 | plume grass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplume grass plume grass n. any of various grasses with dense silky panicles, spec.: (a) any of certain Australian grasses, esp. of the genus Dichelachne; (b) any of various North American grasses of the genus Saccharum, formerly distinguished as Erianthus. ΚΠ 1847 G. F. Angas Savage Life & Scenes Austral. & N.Z. I. 152 Tufts of a gigantic species of plume grass, with sharp-edged leaves, grew in vast quantities upon several of the flats. 1861 A. Wood Class Bk. Bot. 807 Erianthus, Plume Grass... Stout, erect grasses, remarkable for their large woolly or silky, tawny panicles. 1950 A. Chase Hitchcock's Man. Grasses U.S. (1971) II. 743 Erianthus Michx. Plumegrass... Perennial reedlike grasses, with elongate flat blades and terminal oblong, usually dense silky panicles. 1966 N. T. Burbidge Austral. Grasses I. 78 Plume Grass is very common in dry forest and woodland areas and is also found in the mountains. 2003 Poughkeepsie Jrnl. (Nexis) 22 Aug. 1 f If you have decided to use ornamental grasses, start with any of the tall plume grasses (Miscanthus sinensis), or the mound-shaped Pennisetum. < as lemmas |
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