cutting grassn.

Etymology: cutting adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcutting grass.

1. Any of several grasses or sedges of Australia and New Zealand having sharp-edged leaves or stems, esp. Gahnia psittacorum.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > other aquatic grasses

reed-grass1597

marram1640

reed meadow grass1772

eel-grass1790

buttongrass1814

cutting grass1831

sea hard-grass1843

sea sand-reed1856

tape-grass1857

spinifex1877

surf-grass1923

1831 Hovell & Hume Journey of Discovery to Port Phillip 1824–5 61 They had the misfortune to encounter that species of long grass, which is known in the colony by the name of the ‘cutting grass’.

1858 T. McCombie Hist. Colony Victoria i. 8 Long grass, known as cutting-grass, between four and five feet high, the blade an inch and a half broad, the edges exquisitely sharp.

1894 Age 19 Oct. 5/8 ‘Cutting grass’ is the technical term for a hard, tough grass about eight or ten inches high, three-edged like a bayonet, which stock cannot eat because in their efforts to bite it off it cuts their mouths.

1968 G. R. Cochrane et al. Flowers & Plants of Victoria 16/2 The leaves of many sedges will often cause deep cuts, and they are commonly referred to as sword grass or cutting grass.

2. = cane-rat n. at cane n.¹ Compounds 2.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Hystricomorpha (porcupine or guinea-pig) > [noun] > family Thryonomyidae (cane rat)

cane-rat1876

cutting grass1934

grass cutter1946

1934 Times Educ. Suppl. 31 Mar. p. iv/3 The Curator of Mammals was recently informed that some ‘cutting grass’ were being sent as a gift from West Africa... On arrival, they turned out to be three young great cane rats, or ‘ground hogs’.

1960 Times 29 Sept. (Nigeria Suppl.) p. xxi/6 Roast cutting-grass.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	cutting grass
释义	cutting grassn. Etymology: cutting adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcutting grass. 1. Any of several grasses or sedges of Australia and New Zealand having sharp-edged leaves or stems, esp. Gahnia psittacorum. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > other aquatic grasses reed-grass1597 marram1640 reed meadow grass1772 eel-grass1790 buttongrass1814 cutting grass1831 sea hard-grass1843 sea sand-reed1856 tape-grass1857 spinifex1877 surf-grass1923 1831 Hovell & Hume Journey of Discovery to Port Phillip 1824–5 61 They had the misfortune to encounter that species of long grass, which is known in the colony by the name of the ‘cutting grass’. 1858 T. McCombie Hist. Colony Victoria i. 8 Long grass, known as cutting-grass, between four and five feet high, the blade an inch and a half broad, the edges exquisitely sharp. 1894 Age 19 Oct. 5/8 ‘Cutting grass’ is the technical term for a hard, tough grass about eight or ten inches high, three-edged like a bayonet, which stock cannot eat because in their efforts to bite it off it cuts their mouths. 1968 G. R. Cochrane et al. Flowers & Plants of Victoria 16/2 The leaves of many sedges will often cause deep cuts, and they are commonly referred to as sword grass or cutting grass. 2. = cane-rat n. at cane n.¹ Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Hystricomorpha (porcupine or guinea-pig) > [noun] > family Thryonomyidae (cane rat) cane-rat1876 cutting grass1934 grass cutter1946 1934 Times Educ. Suppl. 31 Mar. p. iv/3 The Curator of Mammals was recently informed that some ‘cutting grass’ were being sent as a gift from West Africa... On arrival, they turned out to be three young great cane rats, or ‘ground hogs’. 1960 Times 29 Sept. (Nigeria Suppl.) p. xxi/6 Roast cutting-grass. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1831
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