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单词 dodder-grass
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dodder-grassn.

Etymology: < dodder v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdodder-grass.
dialect.
Properly, Quaking grass, Briza media; also called doddering-grass, doddle grass, doddering dicks, etc. Sometimes loosely applied locally to species of Bromus, Festuca, Poa, or other loose-panicled grasses.
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1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas Dodder grasses..so called because with the least puff or blast of wind it..doth as it were dodder and tremble.
1736 S. Pegge Alphabet of Kenticisms at Dawther A certain long shaking-grass is called dodder-grass or dawther in Kent. [App. some Bromus.]
1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. Doddlegrass, Briza media, or quaking grass, called in the north ‘doddering dick’.
1878–86 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Dodder Grass, Briza media. Cumb.; Kent.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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