sweet-grassn.

Etymology: See sweet adj. and grass n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsweet-grass.

a. Any kind of grass (or herb called ‘grass’) of a sweet taste serving as fodder; spec. a book-name for the genus Glyceria; also locally, the woodruff, Asperula odorata, and the grass-wrack, Zostera marina (Britten & Holland). Also applied to a species of Heracleum: see quot. 1784.

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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

the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun] > grass-wrack

sweet-grass1577

grass wrack1633

grass weed1658

eel-grass1790

zostera1819

sea-wrack grass1836

sea-grass1857–8

wigeon grass1857

wigeon weed1893

zos-grass1937

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > manna-grass and allies

sweet-grass1577

manna-grass1759

glyceria1836

sea spear-grass1856

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > grasses used for hay or pasture

windlestrawc1000

red grass1582

spring grass1643

sweet-grass1709

herd-grass1747

Guinea grass1756

vernal grass1762

vernal1771

Paspalum1772

buffalo grass1784

Rhode Island bent1790

red-top1792

finetop1824

kangaroo-grass1827

gamagrass1831

sweet vernal grass1839

yellow-top1839

grama1844

sesame grass1845

sacate1848

Para grass1850

Hungarian1859

alfilaria1860

sacaton1865

Mitchell grass1867

teosinte1877

Landsborough grass1883

turnip-grass1889

brown top1891

ichu1891

manna1897

Rhodes grass1903

Sudan1911

Kikuyu grass1913

never-fail1923

buffel grass1955

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 45 The best hearbe for Pasture or Meddowe, is the Trefoyle or Clauer: the next is sweete Grasse.

1709 T. Robinson Ess. Nat. Hist. Westmorland & Cumberland iii. 20 Bituminous Peat Earth..when burnt, limed, and manured..will produce a new Set of sweet Grass, as Clover, both white and red.

1784 J. King Cook's Voy. Pacific III. vi. vi. 336 The other plant alluded to is called the sweet grass; the botanical description is Heracleum Sibericum foliis pinnatis [etc.]..In May..it was..covered with a white down, or dust,..it tasted as sweet as sugar; but was hot and pungent.

1908 Animal Managem. (War Office) 109 The ‘Reed Sweet grass,’ ‘Floating sweet grass’.

b. South African. = sweet-veld n.

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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > herb or herbaceous plant > [noun] > herbage or grass > forming characteristic vegetation

meadow grassa1300

bottom grass1594

long grass1699

sweet-grass1812

short-grass1826

prairie wool1908

the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [noun] > pasture

leasowc950

leasea1000

pasturea1300

common pasturea1325

grassland1324

laund1340

lea1357

gang1413

feedingc1430

grassa1500

raika1500

beast-gate1507

pasturagec1515

grazing1517

average1537

pasture groundc1537

walk1549

grassing1557

pastural1575

browsing1577

feed1580

pastureland1591

meadow pasture1614

green side1616

range1626

pastorage1628

tore1707

graziery1731

pasturing1759

permanent pasture1771

sweet-veld1785

walk land1797

run1804

sweet-grass1812

potrero1822

pasturage land1855

turn-out1895

lawn1899

1812 A. Plumptre tr. H. Lichtenstein Trav. S. Afr. I. ii. xv. 204 On the high hills, sweet grass grows in tolerable plenty.

1838 W. B. Boyce Notes S. Afr. Affairs 186 Men should be sent from..the sweet-grass and karoo farms.

1897 S. J. Du Toit Rhodesia iv. 32 Various kinds of sweet-grass and small shrubs, varied with very good large bush and trees, as..‘noem noem’, ‘quarri’, [etc.].

1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms Sweet grass, the food plants growing on rich alluvial soil.

c. North American. One of several scented grasses, esp. Hierochloë odorata, used in basket-making.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > other textiles obtained from plants > [noun] > for basket making

twigc1440

rotan1662

sweet-grass1926

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [adjective] > of or relating to other fibre or thatch-yielding plants

kapok1735

sea-island1834

kie-kie1847

yedda1918

sweet-grass1926

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > grasses > other grasses

sirki1801

vetiver1831

wiwi1840

khus khus1851

pili1854

yedda1918

sweet-grass1973

1926 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 24 Jan. 20/1 From making sweet-grass baskets on the shores of the lake of Bays to singing before royalty in the Albert Hall is a far cry.

1968 E. R. Buckler Ox Bells & Fireflies xv. 227 Her contentment grows as the sweet-grass basket fills.

1973 A. H. Whiteford N. Amer. Indian Arts 43 Sweet grass is widely used in coils.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	sweet-grass
释义	sweet-grassn. Etymology: See sweet adj. and grass n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsweet-grass. a. Any kind of grass (or herb called ‘grass’) of a sweet taste serving as fodder; spec. a book-name for the genus Glyceria; also locally, the woodruff, Asperula odorata, and the grass-wrack, Zostera marina (Britten & Holland). Also applied to a species of Heracleum: see quot. 1784. 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 the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun] > grass-wrack sweet-grass1577 grass wrack1633 grass weed1658 eel-grass1790 zostera1819 sea-wrack grass1836 sea-grass1857–8 wigeon grass1857 wigeon weed1893 zos-grass1937 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > manna-grass and allies sweet-grass1577 manna-grass1759 glyceria1836 sea spear-grass1856 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > grasses used for hay or pasture windlestrawc1000 red grass1582 spring grass1643 sweet-grass1709 herd-grass1747 Guinea grass1756 vernal grass1762 vernal1771 Paspalum1772 buffalo grass1784 Rhode Island bent1790 red-top1792 finetop1824 kangaroo-grass1827 gamagrass1831 sweet vernal grass1839 yellow-top1839 grama1844 sesame grass1845 sacate1848 Para grass1850 Hungarian1859 alfilaria1860 sacaton1865 Mitchell grass1867 teosinte1877 Landsborough grass1883 turnip-grass1889 brown top1891 ichu1891 manna1897 Rhodes grass1903 Sudan1911 Kikuyu grass1913 never-fail1923 buffel grass1955 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 45 The best hearbe for Pasture or Meddowe, is the Trefoyle or Clauer: the next is sweete Grasse. 1709 T. Robinson Ess. Nat. Hist. Westmorland & Cumberland iii. 20 Bituminous Peat Earth..when burnt, limed, and manured..will produce a new Set of sweet Grass, as Clover, both white and red. 1784 J. King Cook's Voy. Pacific III. vi. vi. 336 The other plant alluded to is called the sweet grass; the botanical description is Heracleum Sibericum foliis pinnatis [etc.]..In May..it was..covered with a white down, or dust,..it tasted as sweet as sugar; but was hot and pungent. 1908 Animal Managem. (War Office) 109 The ‘Reed Sweet grass,’ ‘Floating sweet grass’. b. South African. = sweet-veld n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > herb or herbaceous plant > [noun] > herbage or grass > forming characteristic vegetation meadow grassa1300 bottom grass1594 long grass1699 sweet-grass1812 short-grass1826 prairie wool1908 the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [noun] > pasture leasowc950 leasea1000 pasturea1300 common pasturea1325 grassland1324 laund1340 lea1357 gang1413 feedingc1430 grassa1500 raika1500 beast-gate1507 pasturagec1515 grazing1517 average1537 pasture groundc1537 walk1549 grassing1557 pastural1575 browsing1577 feed1580 pastureland1591 meadow pasture1614 green side1616 range1626 pastorage1628 tore1707 graziery1731 pasturing1759 permanent pasture1771 sweet-veld1785 walk land1797 run1804 sweet-grass1812 potrero1822 pasturage land1855 turn-out1895 lawn1899 1812 A. Plumptre tr. H. Lichtenstein Trav. S. Afr. I. ii. xv. 204 On the high hills, sweet grass grows in tolerable plenty. 1838 W. B. Boyce Notes S. Afr. Affairs 186 Men should be sent from..the sweet-grass and karoo farms. 1897 S. J. Du Toit Rhodesia iv. 32 Various kinds of sweet-grass and small shrubs, varied with very good large bush and trees, as..‘noem noem’, ‘quarri’, [etc.]. 1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms Sweet grass, the food plants growing on rich alluvial soil. c. North American. One of several scented grasses, esp. Hierochloë odorata, used in basket-making. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > other textiles obtained from plants > [noun] > for basket making twigc1440 rotan1662 sweet-grass1926 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [adjective] > of or relating to other fibre or thatch-yielding plants kapok1735 sea-island1834 kie-kie1847 yedda1918 sweet-grass1926 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > grasses > other grasses sirki1801 vetiver1831 wiwi1840 khus khus1851 pili1854 yedda1918 sweet-grass1973 1926 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 24 Jan. 20/1 From making sweet-grass baskets on the shores of the lake of Bays to singing before royalty in the Albert Hall is a far cry. 1968 E. R. Buckler Ox Bells & Fireflies xv. 227 Her contentment grows as the sweet-grass basket fills. 1973 A. H. Whiteford N. Amer. Indian Arts 43 Sweet grass is widely used in coils. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1577
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