单词 | reed-grass |
释义 | reed-grass/ˈriːdɡrɑːs/ /ˈriːdɡras/noun The common reed, Phragmites australis; (also) any of various grasses, typically tall and growing in moist or wet soil, thought to resemble this; especially †(a) a cornfield grass, perhaps silky bent, Apera spica-venti ( obsolete rare ); (b) (more fully canary reed-grass) reed canary grass, Phalaris arundinacea; (c) a reed of the genus Calamagrostis, also called smallreed; (now chiefly US ); (d) reed sweetgrass, Glyceria maxima.
OriginLate 16th century (in an earlier sense). From reed + grass. |
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