单词 | yorkshire fog |
释义 | > as lemmasYorkshire fog Yorkshire fog n. [fog n.1] a perennial greyish-green grass, Holcus lanatus, bearing pale green or purplish panicles. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > holcus grasses holcus1771 white grass1780 hose-grass1811 whin-wrack1853 velvet-grass1856 Yorkshire fog1874 1874 C. C. Babington Man. Brit. Bot. (ed. 7) 419 H[olcus] lanatus... Meadows and pastures... Yorkshire Fog. 1954 C. E. Hubbard Grasses 237 ‘Yorkshire Fog’ is generally regarded as a weed, but when young it has some value for grazing. 1977 New Yorker 8 Aug. 58/3 The fairways were edged by the wispiest kind of rough—a thin, random collection of fescue, buttercups, plantain shoreweed, Yorkshire fog, dandelions, and assorted other weeds, grasses and wild flowers. < as lemmas |
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