| 单词 | lady's hair |
| 释义 | > as lemmasLady's hair Lady's hair n. [with sense (a) compare Middle Dutch vrouwenhaer (Dutch vrouwenhaar ), Middle Low German vrouwenhār , German Frauenhaar (late 15th cent. or earlier in this sense as frawenhar ), also post-classical Latin capillus Veneris (see Venus hair n. at Venus n.1 Compounds 2a); the French source translated in quot. 1732 does not give any vernacular names for the plant] now rare (a) maidenhair fern, Adiantum capillus-veneris (cf. Our Lady's hair n. at Our Lady n. Compounds 2b, Venus hair n. at Venus n.1 Compounds 2a); (b) quaking grass, Briza media. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > quaking-grass Quakers1597 quaking grass1597 shakers1597 dodder-grass1617 brant-barley1633 cow-quakes1633 pearl grass1633 maidenhair grass1640 amourette1702 Lady's hair1732 quiver grass1759 quake1812 rattlesnake grass1814 totter-grass1821 silver shacklea1824 lady's tresses1842 fairy grass1846 earthquakes1851 trembling-grass1853 dadder grass1859 dithering-grass1878 totty-grass1901 shivery grass1926 1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. B iij It [sc. Adiantum]..may be named in English Venus heyre or ladyes heyre. 1732 J. Martyn tr. J. P. de Tournefort Hist. Plants Paris I. 307 Quaking-grass, Cow-quakes, and in some places, Ladies-hair. Common in pastures. 1812 Trans. Entomol. Soc. 1 74 The grass most prevalent on the small limited spot was Briza media (Cow-quaker, or Ladies' hair). 1861 C. F. Hursthouse New Zealand (ed. 2) vi. 86 The Underwood consists of..an equally dense growth of young saplings, mixed with forest shrubs such as the delicate lady's hair. 1912 M. E. Francis Bk. of Grasses 168 Lady's Hair, or Quaking-grass, is not often seen in American fields, yet it has become sparingly naturalized in the Eastern states. 1952 Amer. Fern Jrnl. 42 137 Adiantum (Maidenhair)... Capillus-veneris..Dudder-grass, Lady's Hair, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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