单词 | wiwi |
释义 | wiwin.1 A New Zealand rush used to make an outer covering for the roof and walls of a house. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > rush and related plants rusheOE sharp rushc1050 seave14.. junk?a1425 candle-rushc1440 rush1562 sea-rush1562 camel's-straw1578 mat-rush1578 sprot1595 frog grass1597 matweed1597 rush grass1597 sprata1600 spart1614 bumble1633 toad-grass1640 moss-rush1670 thresha1689 spreta1700 bog rush1760 black grassa1763 goose-corn1762 toad-rush1776 wood-rush1776 stool-bent1777 scrub-grass1811 beak-rush1830 salt-weed1836 wiwi1840 thread rush1861 three-leaved rush1861 kill-cow1898 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 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > for thatching > grass or rush meadow thatch1430 wiwi1840 1840 J. S. Polack Manners & Customs New Zealanders II. 285 The wi-wi is a wiry kind of grass that is pulled up in tufts, it also is the produce of the marsh. 1842 W. R. Wade Journey Northern Island N.Z. iii. 61 The roof [of the house] is usually completed with a thick covering of wiwi (a small rush). 1875 Treasury Bot. Suppl. 1970 Moore & Edgar Flora N.Z. II. 59 The Maori name for rushes and rush-like plants is Wiwi. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2018). > see alsoalso refers to : wi-win.2 < n.11840 see also |
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