| 单词 | marsh arrow grass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmarsh arrow grass 1. Originally: (perhaps) arrowroot ( Maranta arundinacea). In later use: any of several grasslike marsh plants of the cosmopolitan genus Triglochin (family Juncaginaceae) bearing a slender flowering spike, esp. T. maritima (more fully sea arrow grass) and T. palustris (more fully marsh arrow grass).sea arrow grass: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > arrow-grass arrow grass1711 sea arrow-grass1770 1711 J. Petiver Gazophylacii VI. Table LIII Malabar Arrow Grass... Grows in sandy Soil. Given with Asa fœtida and Ginger, it eases Gripes in the Bowels. 1765 J. Hill Veg. Syst. X. 35 (heading) Arrowgrass. Triglochin. 1797 J. E. Smith Eng. Bot. VI. 366 All cattle will eat the marsh Arrow-grass. 1801 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (new ed.) II. 352 Triglochin Palustre, Arrow-headed grass. Marsh Arrow-grass. The pointed valves of the capsule opening at the bottom, give it the appearance of the head of an arrow. 1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 June 4/1 Overgrown by thick-leaved salt-marsh plants..glass-wort and arrow-grass. 1924 W. H. Fitch et al. Illustr. Brit. Flora (ed. 5) 242 Triglochin palustre L. Marsh arrow-grass. 1999 Southern Nature Summer (Thames & Chilterns ed.) 4/2 There are also marshy depressions..which support wetland plants such as arrowgrass, spike rush and slender tufted sedge. 2012 Ecol. Applic. 22 1745/1 These geese switch from a seagrass diet to emerging saltmarsh plants (e.g., sedges, grasses, and arrowgrass Triglochin spp.). < as lemmas |
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