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单词 quaking-grass
释义 ˈquaking-ˌgrass
[f. quaking ppl. a.]
A popular name for grasses of the genus Briza, esp. B. media.
1597Gerarde Herbal i. lvii. 80 Shakers, or quaking grasse, groweth to the height of halfe a foote.1785Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xiii. (1794) 136 A loose panicle, the foot⁓stalks of which are so slender as to be moved by every wind; whence they have obtained the name of Quaking-grasses.1848C. A. Johns Week at Lizard 294 Briza minor, Small Quaking-grass, is one of the most elegant of the British grasses.1882Garden 14 Jan. 28/3 Briza maxima and gracilis are two of the best of the Quaking grasses.
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