| 单词 | spiny rolling grass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspiny rolling grass rolling grass n. Australian and New Zealand a dioecious Australasian grass, Spinifex hirsutus, producing large globular flowers which detach from the plant and roll around in the wind; more fully spring rolling grass, spiny rolling grass; cf. spinifex n. 2. ΚΠ 1880 J. Buchanan Indig. Grasses N.Z. 15 Spinifex hirsutus. Spiny Rolling Grass. 1904 W. E. Roth Domestic Implements, Arts, & Manuf. 28 The baskets..are made from Panadus sp., Spinifex hirsutis, Labill. (‘Spring Rolling Grass’). 2009 M. Corrick & B. A. Fuhrer Wildflowers Southern W. Austral. (ed. 3) 150/2 Spinifex hirsutus... The large globular inflorescence of the female plants..may break loose and roll along before the wind, giving rise to the alternative name Rolling Grass. < as lemmas |
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