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Wimmera|ˈwɪmərə|
The name of a river and the region surrounding it in northwestern Victoria, Australia, used attrib. in Wimmera rye-grass to designate a grass belonging to a drought-resistant variety of Lolium rigidum first identified in the area about 1900.
1920Proc. R. Soc. Victoria XXXII. 199 Wimmera Rye Grass. 1928R. G. Stapledon Tour Austral. & N.Z. ix. 74 The so-called Wimmera rye-grass..first appeared in Victoria, presumably as a stowaway, about thirty years ago. 1934Bulletin (Sydney) 4 Apr. 28/1 Next sow (in N.S.W. anyway) 5 lb. Wimmera rye grass. 1973Tothill & Hacker Grasses Southeast Queensland 197 Wimmera ryegrass..is grown widely in southern Australia. 1977Weekly Times (Melbourne) 19 Jan. 10/5 Wimmera rye grass is regarded as a curse. |