gamagrassn.

Brit.

/ˈɡaməˌɡrɑːs/,

/ˈɡaməˌɡras/, U.S.

/ˈɡæməˌɡræs/

Forms: 1800s– gamagrass, 1800s– gammagrass.

Origin: Probably either (i) formed within English, by compounding. Or (ii) a borrowing from Spanish, combined with an English element. Etymons: grama n.¹, Spanish grama , grass n.¹

Etymology: Probably < a variant or alteration of grama n.¹ or its etymon Spanish grama + grass n.¹, although grama n.¹ normally denotes a different type of grass.

Any of several tall, clump-forming prairie grasses of the genus Tripsacum native chiefly to Central and North America; esp. (more fully eastern gamagrass) Tripsacum dactyloides, cultivated in the southern United States and elsewhere as a forage grass.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > grasses used for hay or pasture

windlestrawc1000

red grass1582

spring grass1643

sweet-grass1709

herd-grass1747

Guinea grass1756

vernal grass1762

vernal1771

Paspalum1772

buffalo grass1784

Rhode Island bent1790

red-top1792

finetop1824

kangaroo-grass1827

gamagrass1831

sweet vernal grass1839

yellow-top1839

grama1844

sesame grass1845

sacate1848

Para grass1850

Hungarian1859

alfilaria1860

sacaton1865

Mitchell grass1867

teosinte1877

Landsborough grass1883

turnip-grass1889

brown top1891

ichu1891

manna1897

Rhodes grass1903

Sudan1911

Kikuyu grass1913

never-fail1923

buffel grass1955

1831 Raleigh Reg. & N.-Carolina Gaz. 7 Apr. I read..an account of the singularly valuable properties of a Grass, found in the South West, and principally through the provinces of South America, called by the Spaniards the ‘Gama Grass’.

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Gama Grass, a tall and esteemed fodder grass, the Tripsacum dactyloides of Linnæus, native of the south-eastern coasts of North America.

1883 Times 19 May 5 Eastward are..acres..well clothed with good strong closely-set Gamma Grasses.

1919 J. O. Morgan Field Crops for Cotton-belt xv. 176 The general opinion is that either teosinte, gama-grass, or some rather closely related grass is the progenitor of maize.

1960 Ecology 41 79/2 Eastern gamagrass grew in scattered bunches from lowland to the head of the draws, and also occurred in wet depressions on hilltops.

1973 Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ont.) 11 Aug. 7/1 This particular range they [sc. the cows] were strung out on consisted of five thousand acres of prairie wool and gamma grass.

2009 J. Greenlee Amer. Meadow Garden ii. 38 (caption) Eastern gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides) has small but richly colored, downward-hanging flowers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	gamagrass
释义	gamagrassn. Brit. /ˈɡaməˌɡrɑːs/, /ˈɡaməˌɡras/, U.S. /ˈɡæməˌɡræs/ Forms: 1800s– gamagrass, 1800s– gammagrass. Origin: Probably either (i) formed within English, by compounding. Or (ii) a borrowing from Spanish, combined with an English element. Etymons: grama n.¹, Spanish grama , grass n.¹ Etymology: Probably < a variant or alteration of grama n.¹ or its etymon Spanish grama + grass n.¹, although grama n.¹ normally denotes a different type of grass. Any of several tall, clump-forming prairie grasses of the genus Tripsacum native chiefly to Central and North America; esp. (more fully eastern gamagrass) Tripsacum dactyloides, cultivated in the southern United States and elsewhere as a forage grass. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > grasses used for hay or pasture windlestrawc1000 red grass1582 spring grass1643 sweet-grass1709 herd-grass1747 Guinea grass1756 vernal grass1762 vernal1771 Paspalum1772 buffalo grass1784 Rhode Island bent1790 red-top1792 finetop1824 kangaroo-grass1827 gamagrass1831 sweet vernal grass1839 yellow-top1839 grama1844 sesame grass1845 sacate1848 Para grass1850 Hungarian1859 alfilaria1860 sacaton1865 Mitchell grass1867 teosinte1877 Landsborough grass1883 turnip-grass1889 brown top1891 ichu1891 manna1897 Rhodes grass1903 Sudan1911 Kikuyu grass1913 never-fail1923 buffel grass1955 1831 Raleigh Reg. & N.-Carolina Gaz. 7 Apr. I read..an account of the singularly valuable properties of a Grass, found in the South West, and principally through the provinces of South America, called by the Spaniards the ‘Gama Grass’. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Gama Grass, a tall and esteemed fodder grass, the Tripsacum dactyloides of Linnæus, native of the south-eastern coasts of North America. 1883 Times 19 May 5 Eastward are..acres..well clothed with good strong closely-set Gamma Grasses. 1919 J. O. Morgan Field Crops for Cotton-belt xv. 176 The general opinion is that either teosinte, gama-grass, or some rather closely related grass is the progenitor of maize. 1960 Ecology 41 79/2 Eastern gamagrass grew in scattered bunches from lowland to the head of the draws, and also occurred in wet depressions on hilltops. 1973 Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ont.) 11 Aug. 7/1 This particular range they [sc. the cows] were strung out on consisted of five thousand acres of prairie wool and gamma grass. 2009 J. Greenlee Amer. Meadow Garden ii. 38 (caption) Eastern gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides) has small but richly colored, downward-hanging flowers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1831
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