| 单词 | grass poly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrass poly grass poly n. a herbaceous loosestrife, Lythrum hyssopifolia (family Lythraceae), native to European wetlands and introduced to North America and Australia where it is considered an invasive weed, having small, pale purple flowers and oval leaves. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Lythraceae (lythrum and allies) > [noun] grass poly1633 wax-bush1845 Lythrum1862 wax-weed1884 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) ii. 581 Cordus first mentioned it, and that by the Dutch name of Grasse Poley, which name we may also very fitly retaine in English. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 442 Lythrum..hyssopifolium..Grasspoly, Small Hedge-hyssop. 1991 P. T. Harding in B. Goldsmith Monitoring Conservation & Ecol. viii. 148 One such example, grass poly (Lythrum hyssopifolia), now occurs very infrequently in the British Isles. 2018 @petepoach 29 July in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Grass-poly, despite the parched conditions doing ok in W Sussex last week. < as lemmas |
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