| 单词 | dog's tooth grass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdog's tooth grass 2. In full dog's tooth grass. Any of several grasses of the genus Cynodon, esp. C. dactylon, common in warm regions of the world and used for pasture and lawns (also called Bermuda grass). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > dog's-tooth dog's tooth1600 Bermuda grass1801 Bahama grass1808 doob1810 sun grass1810 yard-grass1822 quick grass1838 kweek grass1904 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. x. 50 He shall..plucke vp from them [sc. the vines] the grasse called dogs tooth [Fr. le gramen, dit vulgairement chiendent]. 1830 Withering's Brit. Pl. (1837) 70 Creeping Dog's-tooth-grass. 1844 C. W. Johnson Famer's Encycl. (Amer. ed.) (Explanation of Plates) p. vi Creeping Dog's Tooth (Cynodon dactylon). 1885 C. F. Holder Marvels Animal Life 17 Bamboo, to which are attached bundles of fine dog's-tooth grass. 1933 Folk-lore 44 64 To get rid of dog's-tooth grass, plough it up in May. 1954 C. E. Hubbard Grasses 335 Like other well-known grasses it has numerous common names, being known..in the British Isles sometimes as ‘Creeping Dog's-tooth-grass’ or ‘Creeping Finger-grass’. 2000 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 14 Dec. It's said to be the only championship course in golf where hungry vultures nest in trees along lush green fairways sewn in ‘creeping dog's tooth’. < as lemmas |
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