Of plants: Growing in the sea or on salt marshes. salt grass (U.S.), one of a number of grasses growing in salt meadows or dry plains, esp. Distichl…
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > non-British grasses > [noun] > North American (21) salt grass1704 Of plants: Growing in the sea or on salt marshes. salt grass (U.S.), one of a number of grasses growing in salt meadows or dry plains, esp. Distichl… wiregrass1751 Any of numerous grasses or grass-like plants having wiry stems; esp. (North American) (a) the blue grass Poa compressa (now rare); (b) any of various… Indian grass1765 Chiefly U.S. Any of various grasses; esp. Sorghastrum nutans, which is one of the dominant grasses of the North American prairies. buffalo grass1784 (a) a kind of grass (Buchloë dactyloides) found in the prairies; also used generally (see quot. 1950); (b) any of various African grasses used for… blue-eyed grass1785 any of various annual and perennial plants constituting the genus Sisyrinchium, some of which have blue or bluish flowers; cf. sisyrinchium, n. 2. mountain rice1790 (a) a variety of rice grown in upland districts without irrigation; (b) U.S. any of various grasses of the genus Oryzopsis, esp. O. hymenoides, used… nimble Will1816 a fast-spreading grass, Muhlenbergia schreberi, of the eastern and central U.S., sometimes used for pasture. yard-grass1822 a low annual grass, Eleusine indica, common in ‘yards’ about houses in parts of U.S.A.; also Cynodon Dactylon. mesquite1831 In full mesquite grass. Any of various pasture grasses, esp. of the genus Bouteloua, which grow in association with mesquite trees. poverty-grass1832 (a) any of several North American grasses typically found on poor soil, esp. Aristida dichotoma; (b) = poverty plant n. tickle-moth1833 = tickle-pitcher n. bunch-grass1837 Festuca scabrella, of North America; any of various grasses, chiefly of western North America, characterized by growing in clumps. naked-beard grass1848 a grass of the genus Gymnopogon, of the southern United States, having an abortive floret which is reduced to a bare awn. needle grass1848 any of various grasses, chiefly of the genera Stipa, Aristida, and Triodia, having long stiff awns or spiny leaves. Means grass1858 A Mediterranean fodder grass, Sorghum halepense, naturalized as a weed in the southern United States and elsewhere. Also called Johnson grass. toothache-grass1860 a North American grass (Ctenium americanum) having a very pungent taste. Johnson grass1873 A tall Mediterranean grass, Sorghum halepense, now widely naturalized elsewhere and grown for fodder, but often regarded as a noxious weed. Also… Indian rice grass1893 U.S. Any of various perennial grasses of the genus Oryzopsis; esp. (more fully Indian rice grass) O. hymenoides, which grows in clumps in semi-arid… nigger babies1897 In plural. regional (California). Blue-eyed grass (genus Sisyrinchium), esp. California blue-eyed grass, S. bellum. Now rare. St. Augustine grass1905 a coarse grass, Stenotaphrum secundatum, native to the south-eastern U.S. and central America and named after a town in Florida. pinyon ricegrass1935 a tufted perennial grass with erect stems and narrow leaves, Piptochaetium fimbriatum, found in piñon and juniper woodland in northern Mexico and… |
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