| 单词 | rot-grass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrot-grass rot-grass n. British regional (now rare) any of several plants supposed to cause rot in sheep; esp. butterwort, Pinguicula vulgaris. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > [noun] > unidentified or unspecified plant oxbane1585 Samnitis1590 rot-grass1631 burn-cow1658 fish-poison1802 sheep-rot1808 vomit-grass1808 1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature ix. 69 They are as rot grasse to sheepe. 1775 J. Anderson Ess. Agric. (ed. 2) II. 66 The Yorkshire sanicle is usually esteemed a poison for sheep; on which account it has obtained its vulgar name rot-grass. 1794 W. Hutchinson Hist. Cumberland I. App. 39 Pinguicula vulgaris, Rot-grass, supposed highly injurious to sheep, on moist grounds. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 350 Melica cœrulea,..fly-bent or rot-grass. 1870 Notes & Queries 26 Mar. 329/2 The second [sc. butterwort] is called in Moray rot-grass, and on the Eastern Border district sheep-rot. < as lemmas |
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