单词 | pole-reed |
释义 | > as lemmaspole-reed pole-reed n. (a) the giant reed, Arundo donax (now rare); (b) a phragmites, esp. the common reed, Phragmites communis (also called pool reed). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > reed or the reed plant reedeOE spirea1425 pole-reed1578 pool reed1587 reed-grass1597 marsh-reed1797 flag-reed1833 Phragmites1840 toi-toi1843 fox's foot1853 spire reed1863 trumpet reed1866 bango1899 kamish1902 Norfolk reed1952 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. liv. 514 This plante is called in..English, Common Pole Reede, Spier, or Cane Reede. 1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 34 Arundo Cypria..in English Pole reede, and Cane, or Canes. 1879 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants (ed. 3) 187 Pole-reed,..in our western counties, Pool-reed. 1892 E. R. Lankester tr. E. Haeckel Hist. Creation (ed. 4) I. 317 Ferns or Filicinæ (ferns, pole-reeds, scale-plants, etc.). 1976 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 97 330 The latter are pole-reeds (Arundo donax) which Theophrastus describes as ‘very bushy’. < as lemmas |
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