| 释义 |
ˈroot-fallen, a.
[f. root n.1]
Of grain-crops: (see quot. 1764).
1763Museum Rust. I. 111 The wheat [is] on that account very much subject to be root-fallen. 1764Ibid. III. 145 What I mean by root-fallen is, that when the plants become tall and weighty, the roots are apt to give way, and the plant come to the ground. 1807A. Young Agric. Essex (1813) I. 9 It is horrid land... It runs, by frosts, from the roots of wheat, which becomes root-fallen. 1854Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. XV. i. 124 The crop..was much root-fallen. |