单词 | atocha |
释义 | atochan. U.S. Esparto. Also attributive, as atocha grass, atocha plant. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in paper, glass, or pottery manufacture > [noun] > paper-plant or -tree > esparto grass spart?1440 spartum1555 sparto1577 esparto1791 halfa1857 Spanish grass1867 atocha1869 1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 262 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV There are two classes of this plant, the ‘atocha’, properly so called, and the coarse or ‘bastard’ atocha... The atocha grass, which is called esparto, is not cut like ordinary grass, but is pulled up from its socket. 1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 264 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV It is at about this elevation [sc. 3,500 feet] where the snow usually commences, that the atocha plant ceases to grow. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1869 |
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