eel-grassn.

Etymology: See eel n. Compounds 2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈeel-grass.

Chiefly U.S.

A plant with long narrow leaves: (a) = grass wrack n. at grass n.¹ Compounds 7; (b) = tape-grass n. at tape n.¹ Compounds 2; (c) figurative.

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the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun] > grass-wrack

sweet-grass1577

grass wrack1633

grass weed1658

eel-grass1790

zostera1819

sea-wrack grass1836

sea-grass1857–8

wigeon grass1857

wigeon weed1893

zos-grass1937

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

1790 S. Deane New-Eng. Farmer 19/1 The farmer..may cart into it [stock-yard]..marsh-mud, eel-grass, flats, or even sand and loam [for making manure].

1806 Baltimore Evening Post 19 Feb. 3/3 A young man at Sullivan [Maine] saw a Fox go down to some eel-grass, and roll himself up in it.

1838 H. Colman 1st Rep. Agric. Mass. (Mass. Agric. Surv.) 58 The eel-grass is of little value except as litter.

1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 45 The kelp and eel-grass left by higher floods.

1867 Amer. Naturalist 1 164 Go to the nearest brook, gather..a root of the Eel grass, [etc.].

1880 C. E. Bessey Bot. 473 Order Hydrocharideæ.—This contains the Eel Grass, Vallisneria spiralis.

1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 58/1 Tape, or eel grass, Vallisneria spiralis.

1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 65 Jungles of eel-grass and meadows of lily pads.

1893 B. Torrey Foot-path Way 39 The beach was strewn with sea-weeds and eel-grass.

1901 ‘H. McHugh’ John Henry 53 He's running his fingers through the eel-grass on his topknot and looking wise.

1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) IV. 2192/2 V[allisneria] spiralis, eelgrass, tapegrass.

1956 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) Suppl. 200/2 Eel-grass,..a name also used for species of Zostera but these are of no horticultural importance.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	eel-grass
释义	eel-grassn. Etymology: See eel n. Compounds 2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈeel-grass. Chiefly U.S. A plant with long narrow leaves: (a) = grass wrack n. at grass n.¹ Compounds 7; (b) = tape-grass n. at tape n.¹ Compounds 2; (c) figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun] > grass-wrack sweet-grass1577 grass wrack1633 grass weed1658 eel-grass1790 zostera1819 sea-wrack grass1836 sea-grass1857–8 wigeon grass1857 wigeon weed1893 zos-grass1937 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 1790 S. Deane New-Eng. Farmer 19/1 The farmer..may cart into it [stock-yard]..marsh-mud, eel-grass, flats, or even sand and loam [for making manure]. 1806 Baltimore Evening Post 19 Feb. 3/3 A young man at Sullivan [Maine] saw a Fox go down to some eel-grass, and roll himself up in it. 1838 H. Colman 1st Rep. Agric. Mass. (Mass. Agric. Surv.) 58 The eel-grass is of little value except as litter. 1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 45 The kelp and eel-grass left by higher floods. 1867 Amer. Naturalist 1 164 Go to the nearest brook, gather..a root of the Eel grass, [etc.]. 1880 C. E. Bessey Bot. 473 Order Hydrocharideæ.—This contains the Eel Grass, Vallisneria spiralis. 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 58/1 Tape, or eel grass, Vallisneria spiralis. 1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 65 Jungles of eel-grass and meadows of lily pads. 1893 B. Torrey Foot-path Way 39 The beach was strewn with sea-weeds and eel-grass. 1901 ‘H. McHugh’ John Henry 53 He's running his fingers through the eel-grass on his topknot and looking wise. 1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) IV. 2192/2 V[allisneria] spiralis, eelgrass, tapegrass. 1956 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) Suppl. 200/2 Eel-grass,..a name also used for species of Zostera but these are of no horticultural importance. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.1790
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