| 单词 | snow-grass |
| 释义 | > as lemmassnow-grass snow-grass n. one of several coarse grasses of upland regions, esp., in New Zealand, a tussock grass of the genus Danthonia; cf. danthonia n.; also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > names applied to various types of grass windlestrawc1000 shear-grass1483 risp1508 sweet-grass1577 star grass1687 reesk1735 bluegrass1751 cheat1784 spear-grass1784 white top1803 prairie grass1812 elephant grass1832 ryegrass1845 wool-grass1854 snow-grass1865 quick1896 1865 Reader No. 151. 575/3 The common snow-grass (Schœnus Pauciflorus). 1875 Wood & Lapham Waiting for Mail 31 Tethering my good old horse to a tussock of snow-grass. 1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. 425 Snow-Grass, Poa cæspitosa,..another name for Wiry-grass. 1902 Webster's Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Suppl. Snow grass,..a coarse tall grass (Danthonia Raoulii) of New Zealand. 1906 T. F. Cheeseman Man. N.Z. Flora 887 Snow-grass. 1918 F. W. Hilgendore Pasture Plants & Pastures N.Z. ii. 42 Snow Grass (Danthonia raoulii).—This is another Tussock, growing 4 to 6 feet high. It has broad leaves shining below, and feathery oat-like heads... Its presence in quantity frequently marks the limit above which it is not safe to carry sheep in winter..as indeed its popular name of Snow Grass would indicate. 1930 L. G. D. Acland Early Canterbury Runs 1st Ser. vi. 131 When he was first thatching the cob house..he put the top of each bundle of snow-grass outside the bottom of the one above so that all the rain ran inwards. 1968 N.Z. Listener 10 May 10/4 The beast, a young stag, had its antlers hopelessly entangled in the tough-rooted snowgrass. 1972 P. Newton Sheep Thief ii. 18 The roof consisting of bare birch rafters with a thick layer of snow grass thatch. < as lemmas |
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