† rye grassn.¹

Forms: see rye n.¹ and grass n.¹

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

Etymology: < rye n.¹ + grass n.¹ The grasses are so called on account of their resemblance to rye in shape and colour.

Obsolete.

Any of several wild grasses of the genus Hordeum, esp. wall barley, H. murinum; also called wild rye.

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wild rye?a1500

way bent1597

rye grass1633

squirrel-tail grass1777

squirrel-tail1796

mouse barley1800

1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) i. 73 Hordeum Spurium..cannot be fitlier named than by calling it wilde Rie, or Rie grasse.

1710 W. Salmon Botanologia I. 63/2 Wall Barley..might more properly be called Wild-Rye, Way-Rye, or Rye-Grass.

1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 315/2 Rye grass, Hordeum.

1792–4 T. Martyn Flora Rustica III. 108 Rie-grass [sc. Hordeum pratense] is not uncommon in good meadows.

1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 171 Hordeum murinum... Wild Rye. Rye-grass.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	rye grass
释义	† rye grassn.¹ Forms: see rye n.¹ and grass n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rye n.¹, grass n.¹ Etymology: < rye n.¹ + grass n.¹ The grasses are so called on account of their resemblance to rye in shape and colour. Obsolete. Any of several wild grasses of the genus Hordeum, esp. wall barley, H. murinum; also called wild rye. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > hordeum grasses wild rye?a1500 way bent1597 rye grass1633 squirrel-tail grass1777 squirrel-tail1796 mouse barley1800 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) i. 73 Hordeum Spurium..cannot be fitlier named than by calling it wilde Rie, or Rie grasse. 1710 W. Salmon Botanologia I. 63/2 Wall Barley..might more properly be called Wild-Rye, Way-Rye, or Rye-Grass. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 315/2 Rye grass, Hordeum. 1792–4 T. Martyn Flora Rustica III. 108 Rie-grass [sc. Hordeum pratense] is not uncommon in good meadows. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 171 Hordeum murinum... Wild Rye. Rye-grass. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.¹1633
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† rye grassn.1

† rye grassn.¹