pypgrassn.

Brit.

/ˈpʌɪpˌɡrɑːs/,

/ˈpʌɪpˌɡras/, U.S.

/ˈpaɪpˌɡræs/

Forms: 1800s– pypgrass, 1900s– pypgras.

Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch pijpgras.

Etymology: < South African Dutch pijpgras (Afrikaans pypgras ) < pyp pipe n.¹ + gras grass n.¹ (so called on account of the shape of its stems), with assimilation of the second element to grass n.¹

Either of two tall perennial South African grasses, Ehrharta gigantea and E. villosa, the latter now widely naturalized in New Zealand where it is regarded as an invasive weed.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > non-British grasses > [noun] > African

sour grass1801

tambouki grass1837

stickgrass1838

pypgrass1854

Bushman grass1857

twa-grass1857

tambotie grass1866

rooigras1875

steekgras1890

Napier grass1920

1854 P. L. Simmonds in Pharm. Jrnl. & Trans. 13 421 Something must be sown with the berry [of the Myrica] to screen its shoot... Pyp grass seed should..be prepared for the purpose.

1880 Handbk. S. Afr. (S. W. Silver & Co.) (ed. 3) 157 Of indigenous grasses which may be usefully employed to arrest drifting sands none are better than the Pyp grass.

1961 M. M. Cole S. Afr. 553 A century ago the area was..a wilderness of drifting sand and moving dunes but large areas have been reclaimed by planting with marram grass (Psamma arenaria) and pypgras (Ehrharta gigantea).

2000 Evening Standard (Palmerston North, N.Z.) (Nexis) 19 Jan. 2 Pypgrass, a weed so aggressive it chokes boxthorn and barberry, had been rapidly spreading across sand dunes..near Palmerston North.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pypgrass
释义	pypgrassn. Brit. /ˈpʌɪpˌɡrɑːs/, /ˈpʌɪpˌɡras/, U.S. /ˈpaɪpˌɡræs/ Forms: 1800s– pypgrass, 1900s– pypgras. Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch pijpgras. Etymology: < South African Dutch pijpgras (Afrikaans pypgras ) < pyp pipe n.¹ + gras grass n.¹ (so called on account of the shape of its stems), with assimilation of the second element to grass n.¹ Either of two tall perennial South African grasses, Ehrharta gigantea and E. villosa, the latter now widely naturalized in New Zealand where it is regarded as an invasive weed. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > non-British grasses > [noun] > African sour grass1801 tambouki grass1837 stickgrass1838 pypgrass1854 Bushman grass1857 twa-grass1857 tambotie grass1866 rooigras1875 steekgras1890 Napier grass1920 1854 P. L. Simmonds in Pharm. Jrnl. & Trans. 13 421 Something must be sown with the berry [of the Myrica] to screen its shoot... Pyp grass seed should..be prepared for the purpose. 1880 Handbk. S. Afr. (S. W. Silver & Co.) (ed. 3) 157 Of indigenous grasses which may be usefully employed to arrest drifting sands none are better than the Pyp grass. 1961 M. M. Cole S. Afr. 553 A century ago the area was..a wilderness of drifting sand and moving dunes but large areas have been reclaimed by planting with marram grass (Psamma arenaria) and pypgras (Ehrharta gigantea). 2000 Evening Standard (Palmerston North, N.Z.) (Nexis) 19 Jan. 2 Pypgrass, a weed so aggressive it chokes boxthorn and barberry, had been rapidly spreading across sand dunes..near Palmerston North. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1854
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