单词 | sand grass |
释义 | > as lemmassand grass sand grass n. (a) any species of grass which grows in sand and serves the purpose of a sand-binder (see quots.); (b) New Zealand = pingao n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > bent grass, rush, or sedge sedgec1000 flaga1387 sniddlea1400 bentc1425 helm1640 marram1640 beach-grass1681 spreta1700 bent-grass1777 marsh grass1785 sea-grass1791 sedge-grass1847 sand grass1856 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > sedges starc1300 carexa1398 float-grassc1440 red sedge1480 sag1531 pry grassa1600 flea-grass1670 star-grass1782 sedge1785 sea sedge1796 sharp-pry-grass1803 blue star grass1807 whip-grass1814 flea-sedge1816 saw-grass1822 mud rush1824 tight-locka1825 nut grass1830 razor grass1834 twig-rush1836 nut rush1843 sand grass1856 mud sedge1859 niggerhead1859 nutsedge1861 pingao1867 sword-rush1875 tupak-grass1884 tussock-sedge1884 sennegrass1897 nigger's-head1921 1856 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. (1860) 556 Triplasis purpurea (Sand-Grass)... In sand, Massachusetts to Virginia along the coast, and southward. 1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. §594. 426 The sand-grasses, Elymus arenarius, Arundo arenaria,..are valuable binding weeds on shifting sandy shores. 1905 W. Baucke Where White Man Treads 2 White seashore sandhills..for..the wind..to pile into hillocks, until the wily pingau (native sand grass), creeping snakelike along,..bound [them] into masses. 1959 A. H. McLintock Descr. Atlas N.Z. 31 Planting of sand grass, lupins, and, in places, pines..is needed to protect farm land. < as lemmas |
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