tussock-grassn.

Forms: Also tussac-grass, tussack-grass.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtussock-ˌgrass.

1. One or other of several grasses of the Southern Hemisphere; esp. (a) Poa flabellata (formerly Dactylis cæspitosa), a tall-growing valuable grass of the Falkland Islands and Patagonia; (b) Lomandra longifolia of Australia (N.O. Juncaceæ); (c) various New Zealand species of Arundo and Poa. Frequently in combinations, as tussock-grassland.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > non-British grasses > [noun] > names applied to various non-British grasses

wiregrass1751

tussock1832

tussock-grass1842

miscanthus1882

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > non-British grasses > [noun] > Australian grasses

silver grass1600

buffalo grass1784

cane grass1827

porcupine grass1842

tussock-grass1842

spinifex1846

spear-grass1847

rice grass1848

sugar-grass1862

blue star grass1876

wiregrass1883

windmill-grass1889

danthonia1918

Wimmera rye-grass1920

niggerhead1923

1842 Guernsey Star Sept. The splendid Tussack Grass is the..glory of the Falkland Islands. Every animal there feeds upon it..and fattens in a short time... The blades are about six foot long, and from 200 to 300 shoots spring from one plant.

1845 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom (1846) 113 Attention has lately been directed to the Tussac-grass of the Falklands, Festuca flabellata, a species forming tufts 5 or 6 feet high.

1848 J. White Jrnl. 13 Mar. 266 (MS.) The top [of the house] is of the nikau leaf and tussock grass.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 550 Tussac or Tussock [Grass], Dactylis cæspitosa.

1867 J. T. Thomson Rambles with Philosopher v. 25 The natural tussock-grass lands..stretched beyond the narrow precincts of incipient colonization.

1878 J. Buller Forty Years N.Z. i. Introd. 9 It is generally..covered with either forest, tall fern or tussock-grass.

1880 J. Buchanan Indig. Grasses N.Z. Tab. xxvii & xxviii Arundo conspicua..A. fulvida, plumed tussac grass.

1884 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Old Melbourne Mem. v. 38 The roof was neatly thatched with the tall, strong tussock-grass.

1906 T. F. Cheeseman Man. N.Z. Flora 908 Poa caespitosa, Tussock grass.

1959 A. H. McLintock Descr. Atlas N.Z. p. xiv Some pockets of beech forest still survive..along with a depleted tussock grassland.

2. The tufted hair-grass, Aira cæspitosa, or other native grass growing in tussocks.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > hair-grass

hair-grass1759

tussock-grass1861

bull-poll1880

1861 G. H. Kingsley in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 134 The splashy moor, too wet to grow heather,..covered with tufts of coarse tussock grass.

1861 G. H. Kingsley in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 117 Her cozy lair, amongst the sweet bog myrtle and warm tussock grass.

1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. VI. 73 Tufted Hair-grass..is commonly known..by the name of Hassock or Tussack-grass.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	tussock-grass
释义	tussock-grassn. Forms: Also tussac-grass, tussack-grass. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtussock-ˌgrass. 1. One or other of several grasses of the Southern Hemisphere; esp. (a) Poa flabellata (formerly Dactylis cæspitosa), a tall-growing valuable grass of the Falkland Islands and Patagonia; (b) Lomandra longifolia of Australia (N.O. Juncaceæ); (c) various New Zealand species of Arundo and Poa. Frequently in combinations, as tussock-grassland. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > non-British grasses > [noun] > names applied to various non-British grasses wiregrass1751 tussock1832 tussock-grass1842 miscanthus1882 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > non-British grasses > [noun] > Australian grasses silver grass1600 buffalo grass1784 cane grass1827 porcupine grass1842 tussock-grass1842 spinifex1846 spear-grass1847 rice grass1848 sugar-grass1862 blue star grass1876 wiregrass1883 windmill-grass1889 danthonia1918 Wimmera rye-grass1920 niggerhead1923 1842 Guernsey Star Sept. The splendid Tussack Grass is the..glory of the Falkland Islands. Every animal there feeds upon it..and fattens in a short time... The blades are about six foot long, and from 200 to 300 shoots spring from one plant. 1845 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom (1846) 113 Attention has lately been directed to the Tussac-grass of the Falklands, Festuca flabellata, a species forming tufts 5 or 6 feet high. 1848 J. White Jrnl. 13 Mar. 266 (MS.) The top [of the house] is of the nikau leaf and tussock grass. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 550 Tussac or Tussock [Grass], Dactylis cæspitosa. 1867 J. T. Thomson Rambles with Philosopher v. 25 The natural tussock-grass lands..stretched beyond the narrow precincts of incipient colonization. 1878 J. Buller Forty Years N.Z. i. Introd. 9 It is generally..covered with either forest, tall fern or tussock-grass. 1880 J. Buchanan Indig. Grasses N.Z. Tab. xxvii & xxviii Arundo conspicua..A. fulvida, plumed tussac grass. 1884 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Old Melbourne Mem. v. 38 The roof was neatly thatched with the tall, strong tussock-grass. 1906 T. F. Cheeseman Man. N.Z. Flora 908 Poa caespitosa, Tussock grass. 1959 A. H. McLintock Descr. Atlas N.Z. p. xiv Some pockets of beech forest still survive..along with a depleted tussock grassland. 2. The tufted hair-grass, Aira cæspitosa, or other native grass growing in tussocks. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > hair-grass hair-grass1759 tussock-grass1861 bull-poll1880 1861 G. H. Kingsley in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 134 The splashy moor, too wet to grow heather,..covered with tufts of coarse tussock grass. 1861 G. H. Kingsley in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 117 Her cozy lair, amongst the sweet bog myrtle and warm tussock grass. 1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. VI. 73 Tufted Hair-grass..is commonly known..by the name of Hassock or Tussack-grass. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1842
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