illukn.

/ˈɪlʊk/

Etymology: Sinhala.

The name used in Sri Lanka (Ceylon) for a coarse grass, Imperata cylindrica; = lalang n.

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1864 G. H. K. Thwaites Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniæ v. 369 I[mperata] arundinacea... Common in the hotter parts of the island. Nom. vulg. ‘Illook’. The leaves make an excellent thatch.

1931 E. K. Cook Geogr. Ceylon ii. x. 164 The grass of Talawa is usually long and coarse, very different from the average patana grass; it usually reaches about three or four feet in height. The best known species are mahna and illuk.

1950 R. L. Spittel Vanished Trails 152 Illuk glades, those graveyards of once magnificent forests felled for chenas.

1956 R. W. Szechowycz in S. Haden-Guest et al. World Geogr. Forest Resources xxii. 485 There is a total absence of undergrowth [in the savanna forest zone of Ceylon], and the herb layer consists of grasses, of which Imperata cylindrica (illuk) is the most prominent.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	illuk
释义	illukn. /ˈɪlʊk/ Etymology: Sinhala. The name used in Sri Lanka (Ceylon) for a coarse grass, Imperata cylindrica; = lalang n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > non-British grasses > [noun] > Asian grasses cogon1839 mand1862 illuk1864 spear-grass1864 zoysia1965 1864 G. H. K. Thwaites Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniæ v. 369 I[mperata] arundinacea... Common in the hotter parts of the island. Nom. vulg. ‘Illook’. The leaves make an excellent thatch. 1931 E. K. Cook Geogr. Ceylon ii. x. 164 The grass of Talawa is usually long and coarse, very different from the average patana grass; it usually reaches about three or four feet in height. The best known species are mahna and illuk. 1950 R. L. Spittel Vanished Trails 152 Illuk glades, those graveyards of once magnificent forests felled for chenas. 1956 R. W. Szechowycz in S. Haden-Guest et al. World Geogr. Forest Resources xxii. 485 There is a total absence of undergrowth [in the savanna forest zone of Ceylon], and the herb layer consists of grasses, of which Imperata cylindrica (illuk) is the most prominent. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1864
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