| 单词 | buffalo grass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbuffalo grass buffalo grass n. (a) a kind of grass ( Buchloë dactyloides) found in the prairies; also used generally (see quot. 1950); (b) any of various African grasses used for pasture and fodder; (c) Australian and New Zealand, the grass Stenotaphrum americanum, introduced from the United States, and first noticed near Buffalo Creek in New South Wales (Webster 1911). ΘΚΠ 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 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > non-British grasses > [noun] > North American salt grass1704 wiregrass1751 Indian grass1765 buffalo grass1784 blue-eyed grass1785 mountain rice1790 nimble Will1816 yard-grass1822 mesquite1831 poverty-grass1832 tickle-moth1833 bunch-grass1837 naked-beard grass1848 needle grass1848 Means grass1858 toothache-grass1860 Johnson grass1873 Indian rice grass1893 nigger babies1897 St. Augustine grass1905 pinyon ricegrass1935 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 1784 J. Filson Discov. Kentucke 24 Where no cane grows there is abundance of wild-rye, clover, and buffalo-grass,..affording excellent food for cattle. 1831 J. M. Peck Guide for Emigrants ii. 105 Horses find..buffalo grass..and other herbage for the summer range. 1845 J. C. Frémont Exped. 109 The short sward of the buffalo grass which now prevailed everywhere. 1868 J. Chapman Trav. Interior S. Afr. II. 457 The Buffalo grass has a large, broad, corrugated leaf and is greedily eaten by horses and cattle. 1870 Amer. Naturalist 3 162 The Buffalo grass..does not grow more than three or four inches high. 1876 F. M. Bailey in Papers & Proc. Royal Soc. Tasmania 1875 132 The Buffalo grass, Stenotaphrum Americanum..is a very fine and desirable species. 1883 Harper's Mag. Nov. 943/2 The tall jointed grasses replace the short crisp buffalo-grass. 1950 Amer. Speech 25 164 The ground is covered with ‘buffalo grass’, which once designated a specific type but now means any tough grass that grows on the poor soil of the plains. < as lemmas |
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