timothy grassn.

Etymology: See quots. 1765, 1894.

A name (originally American) for Meadow Cat's-tail Grass, Phleum pratense, a native British grass, introduced into cultivation under this name in the North American colonies in the eighteenth century.

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1746 W. Ellis Agric. Improv'd I. May (title page) Of St. Timothy's Grass.

1747 B. Franklin Let. in Wks. (1887) II. 83 A bushel of clean chaff of timothy or Salem grass will yield five quarts of seed.

1751 J. Eliot Contin. Ess. Field-husbandry in New Eng. 13 Herd-Grass, (known in Pensylvania by the Name of Timothy-Grass)... It is said that Herd-Grass was first found in a Swamp in Piscataqua by one Herd, who propagated the same.

1763 Museum Rusticum (ed. 2) I. 233 Timothy grass..delights in a..moist soil, and has a running root like couch grass.

1765 Nat. Hist. in Ann. Reg. 143/2 Another artificial grass called Timothy-grass..because it was brought from New York to Carolina by one Timothy Hanson [according to the Cent. Dict., about 1720].

1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. I. xxiii. 228 Timothy, here called English grass, is the grass cultivated.

1894 Times 23 Apr. 12/3 Although Phleum pratense, long known as meadow catstail, is a native British grass, its cultivation as an agricultural plant was originated last century by Timothy Hanson, an American, after whom the grass got called timothy grass.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	timothy grass
释义	timothy grassn. Etymology: See quots. 1765, 1894. A name (originally American) for Meadow Cat's-tail Grass, Phleum pratense, a native British grass, introduced into cultivation under this name in the North American colonies in the eighteenth century. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > cat's-tail grass cat's tail1538 cat's-tail grass1597 timothy grass1746 timothy1747 timothy hay1772 1746 W. Ellis Agric. Improv'd I. May (title page) Of St. Timothy's Grass. 1747 B. Franklin Let. in Wks. (1887) II. 83 A bushel of clean chaff of timothy or Salem grass will yield five quarts of seed. 1751 J. Eliot Contin. Ess. Field-husbandry in New Eng. 13 Herd-Grass, (known in Pensylvania by the Name of Timothy-Grass)... It is said that Herd-Grass was first found in a Swamp in Piscataqua by one Herd, who propagated the same. 1763 Museum Rusticum (ed. 2) I. 233 Timothy grass..delights in a..moist soil, and has a running root like couch grass. 1765 Nat. Hist. in Ann. Reg. 143/2 Another artificial grass called Timothy-grass..because it was brought from New York to Carolina by one Timothy Hanson [according to the Cent. Dict., about 1720]. 1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. I. xxiii. 228 Timothy, here called English grass, is the grass cultivated. 1894 Times 23 Apr. 12/3 Although Phleum pratense, long known as meadow catstail, is a native British grass, its cultivation as an agricultural plant was originated last century by Timothy Hanson, an American, after whom the grass got called timothy grass. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1746
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