Johnson grassn.

Brit.

/ˈdʒɒnsn ɡrɑːs/,

/ˈdʒɒnsn ɡras/, U.S.

/ˈdʒɑns(ə)n ˌɡræs/

Forms:

α. 1800s– Johnson grass.

β. 1800s– Johnson's grass.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Johnson , grass n.¹

Etymology: In α. forms < the name of Col. William Johnson (fl. c1840), United States plantation owner, who was the first to grow the grass in large quantities in the United States + grass n.¹ In β. forms < the genitive of the name of Col. William Johnson + grass n.¹ Compare Means grass n.On the origin of the name compare:1926 H. N. Vinall Johnson Grass: Its Production for Hay & Pasturage (U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers' Bull. No. 1476) 1 Johnson grass..was introduced into the United States about 1830 by Governor Means, of South Carolina. Ten years later Col. William Johnson, the owner of a large plantation near Selma, Ala., on returning from a visit to South Carolina, brought with him some seed of the grass and sowed it on the rich bottom lands of the Alabama River. It thrived wonderfully in this new locality, and because Colonel Johnson was the first planter to grow the grass in any great quantity it was named Johnson grass.

Originally U.S.

A tall Mediterranean grass, Sorghum halepense, now widely naturalized elsewhere and grown for fodder, but often regarded as a noxious weed. Also called Means grass.

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1873 Monthly Rep. U.S. Dept. Agric. Nov. 606 An exceedingly profitable business..is hay-making, from what is known hereabouts as the Johnson grass, after the name of the man who brought it here from South Carolina.

1889 Bull. Agric. Exper. Station Nebraska No. 6 37 Johnson's grass is coarser than millet but has an advantage over it from the fact that several crops can be cut during the season.

1946 Daily Mercury (Mackay, Queensland) 27 July 5/3 Immature Johnson grass is distinctly more poisonous than any of the cultivated members of the sorghum family.

2001 J. Grisham Painted House 332 I stayed low, moving through the tall Johnson grass along the edge of the field. As farmers we hated Johnson grass.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	johnson grass
释义	Johnson grassn. Brit. /ˈdʒɒnsn ɡrɑːs/, /ˈdʒɒnsn ɡras/, U.S. /ˈdʒɑns(ə)n ˌɡræs/ Forms: α. 1800s– Johnson grass. β. 1800s– Johnson's grass. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Johnson , grass n.¹ Etymology: In α. forms < the name of Col. William Johnson (fl. c1840), United States plantation owner, who was the first to grow the grass in large quantities in the United States + grass n.¹ In β. forms < the genitive of the name of Col. William Johnson + grass n.¹ Compare Means grass n.On the origin of the name compare:1926 H. N. Vinall Johnson Grass: Its Production for Hay & Pasturage (U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers' Bull. No. 1476) 1 Johnson grass..was introduced into the United States about 1830 by Governor Means, of South Carolina. Ten years later Col. William Johnson, the owner of a large plantation near Selma, Ala., on returning from a visit to South Carolina, brought with him some seed of the grass and sowed it on the rich bottom lands of the Alabama River. It thrived wonderfully in this new locality, and because Colonel Johnson was the first planter to grow the grass in any great quantity it was named Johnson grass. Originally U.S. A tall Mediterranean grass, Sorghum halepense, now widely naturalized elsewhere and grown for fodder, but often regarded as a noxious weed. Also called Means grass. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > non-British grasses > [noun] > North American salt grass1704 wiregrass1751 Indian grass1765 buffalo grass1784 blue-eyed grass1785 mountain rice1790 nimble Will1816 yard-grass1822 mesquite1831 poverty-grass1832 tickle-moth1833 bunch-grass1837 naked-beard grass1848 needle grass1848 Means grass1858 toothache-grass1860 Johnson grass1873 Indian rice grass1893 nigger babies1897 St. Augustine grass1905 pinyon ricegrass1935 1873 Monthly Rep. U.S. Dept. Agric. Nov. 606 An exceedingly profitable business..is hay-making, from what is known hereabouts as the Johnson grass, after the name of the man who brought it here from South Carolina. 1889 Bull. Agric. Exper. Station Nebraska No. 6 37 Johnson's grass is coarser than millet but has an advantage over it from the fact that several crops can be cut during the season. 1946 Daily Mercury (Mackay, Queensland) 27 July 5/3 Immature Johnson grass is distinctly more poisonous than any of the cultivated members of the sorghum family. 2001 J. Grisham Painted House 332 I stayed low, moving through the tall Johnson grass along the edge of the field. As farmers we hated Johnson grass. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1873
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