moor grassn.

Brit.

/ˈmʊə ˌɡrɑːs/,

/ˈmɔː ˌɡrɑːs/,

/ˈmʊə ˌɡras/,

/ˈmɔː ˌɡras/, U.S.

/ˈmʊr ˌɡræs/

Forms: see moor n.¹ and grass n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: moor n.¹, grass n.¹

Etymology: < moor n.¹ + grass n.¹

1. A moorland grass; spec. (a) a grass of the genus Sesleria, esp. S. caerulea, found in limestone pasture in Ireland and northern England (more fully blue moor grass); (b) the coarse grass Molinia caerulea, often dominant in heath and moorland (more fully purple moor grass, †blue moor grass).

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > other grasses

feather-top grass1597

hooded matweed1597

millet grass1597

spring grass1643

moor grass1749

melic1762

finger grass1767

feather-grass1776

aegilops1777

oat-grass1802

prairie grass1812

oat-grass1814

tansy mustard1856

purple moor grass1859

whorl-grass1861

Molinia1866

onion grass1868

káns1874

Turk's-head grass1882

Pangola finger-grass1947

tor grass1954

bush-grass-

1544 in C. Rogers Rental Bk. Cupar-Angus (1880) II. 225 ij acris of outfeld land to be gevin to ane mwre gres.

1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIV. 316 [The hills] are covered with heath, and what we call lubba, a sort of grass which feeds our cattle in the summer time; it generally consists of different species of carices, plain bent, and other moor grasses.

1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 140 at Sesleria S. cærulea..Blue Moor-grass.

1858 A. Irvine Illustr. Handbk. Brit. Plants 210 Sesleria, Arduin. Moor Grass.

1858 A. Irvine Illustr. Handbk. Brit. Plants 211 S. cærulea, Ard. Blue Moor Grass.

1859 L. H. Grindon Manch. Flora 439 Purple Moor-grass... Everywhere on heaths and moors.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 748/2 Of the three described species, one is a native of Britain, M[olinia] cærulea, the blue Moor-grass.

1900 Archæol. Æliana 22 80 Black-faced sheep, which maintain a spare existence on the heather and moor-grasses.

1928 M. A. Johnstone Plant Ecol. viii. 93 Where water lodges even very plentifully the dominant grass is the purple moor-grass.

1950 W. H. Pearsall Mountains & Moorlands ix. 179 The moor-grass may be found growing on oxygen-poor peats with a moderately high salt content and low acidity.

1972 Country Life 13 Jan. 104/1 There was a telling use of..a cultivated form of the extremely common purple moor grass.

1987 Nat. World Winter 16/3 Similarly, the species-richness of the bogs relies on intensive grazing to suppress the otherwise aggressive purple moor-grass.

2. The round-leaved sundew, Drosera rotundifolia. Now rare.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Droseraceae (sundew and allies) > [noun]

rosa solis1568

ros solis1578

sundew1578

youthgrass1584

lust-wort1597

moor grass1597

red rot1597

youthwort1597

rose of the sun1631

drosera1801

dew-plant1869

1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1366 It is called in English Sunne deaw,..in the North parts Red rot,..and in Yorkeshire Moore grasse.

1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 80 Rosa-solis, Sun-dew, moor-grass.

1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum (at cited word) Moore-wort, and Moore-grass, is Rosasolis.

1900 W. Dickinson & E. W. Prevost Gloss. Dial. Cumberland Moor grass, Round-leaved Sundew—Drosera rotundifolia.

†3. Bog asphodel, Narthecium ossifragum. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > other grasses

feather-top grass1597

hooded matweed1597

millet grass1597

spring grass1643

moor grass1749

melic1762

finger grass1767

feather-grass1776

aegilops1777

oat-grass1802

prairie grass1812

oat-grass1814

tansy mustard1856

purple moor grass1859

whorl-grass1861

Molinia1866

onion grass1868

káns1874

Turk's-head grass1882

Pangola finger-grass1947

tor grass1954

bush-grass-

1749 W. Ellis Compl. Syst. Improvem. Sheep iii. v. 321 This Moor-Grass, in the Parish of Wing [in Buckinghamshire], they call Rosa-Solis, as it is distinguished by Shepherds from other Grasses, who know it by its three-square Leaf, Rapier-like.

†4. Cotton grass, Eriophorum angustifolium. Obsolete.

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1776 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Veg. Great Brit. I. 30 Cottongrass... Moorgrass.

1886 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names 340 Moor Grass, (1) Eriophorum angustifolium, L.

†5. Scottish. Silverweed, Potentilla anserina. Obsolete.

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1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica I. 268 [Potentilla anserina] Moor-Grass. Scotis.

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Moor-grass, Potentilla anserina.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	moor grass
释义	moor grassn. Brit. /ˈmʊə ˌɡrɑːs/, /ˈmɔː ˌɡrɑːs/, /ˈmʊə ˌɡras/, /ˈmɔː ˌɡras/, U.S. /ˈmʊr ˌɡræs/ Forms: see moor n.¹ and grass n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: moor n.¹, grass n.¹ Etymology: < moor n.¹ + grass n.¹ 1. A moorland grass; spec. (a) a grass of the genus Sesleria, esp. S. caerulea, found in limestone pasture in Ireland and northern England (more fully blue moor grass); (b) the coarse grass Molinia caerulea, often dominant in heath and moorland (more fully purple moor grass, †blue moor grass). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > other grasses feather-top grass1597 hooded matweed1597 millet grass1597 spring grass1643 moor grass1749 melic1762 finger grass1767 feather-grass1776 aegilops1777 oat-grass1802 prairie grass1812 oat-grass1814 tansy mustard1856 purple moor grass1859 whorl-grass1861 Molinia1866 onion grass1868 káns1874 Turk's-head grass1882 Pangola finger-grass1947 tor grass1954 bush-grass- 1544 in C. Rogers Rental Bk. Cupar-Angus (1880) II. 225 ij acris of outfeld land to be gevin to ane mwre gres. 1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIV. 316 [The hills] are covered with heath, and what we call lubba, a sort of grass which feeds our cattle in the summer time; it generally consists of different species of carices, plain bent, and other moor grasses. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 140 at Sesleria S. cærulea..Blue Moor-grass. 1858 A. Irvine Illustr. Handbk. Brit. Plants 210 Sesleria, Arduin. Moor Grass. 1858 A. Irvine Illustr. Handbk. Brit. Plants 211 S. cærulea, Ard. Blue Moor Grass. 1859 L. H. Grindon Manch. Flora 439 Purple Moor-grass... Everywhere on heaths and moors. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 748/2 Of the three described species, one is a native of Britain, M[olinia] cærulea, the blue Moor-grass. 1900 Archæol. Æliana 22 80 Black-faced sheep, which maintain a spare existence on the heather and moor-grasses. 1928 M. A. Johnstone Plant Ecol. viii. 93 Where water lodges even very plentifully the dominant grass is the purple moor-grass. 1950 W. H. Pearsall Mountains & Moorlands ix. 179 The moor-grass may be found growing on oxygen-poor peats with a moderately high salt content and low acidity. 1972 Country Life 13 Jan. 104/1 There was a telling use of..a cultivated form of the extremely common purple moor grass. 1987 Nat. World Winter 16/3 Similarly, the species-richness of the bogs relies on intensive grazing to suppress the otherwise aggressive purple moor-grass. 2. The round-leaved sundew, Drosera rotundifolia. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Droseraceae (sundew and allies) > [noun] rosa solis1568 ros solis1578 sundew1578 youthgrass1584 lust-wort1597 moor grass1597 red rot1597 youthwort1597 rose of the sun1631 drosera1801 dew-plant1869 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1366 It is called in English Sunne deaw,..in the North parts Red rot,..and in Yorkeshire Moore grasse. 1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 80 Rosa-solis, Sun-dew, moor-grass. 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum (at cited word) Moore-wort, and Moore-grass, is Rosasolis. 1900 W. Dickinson & E. W. Prevost Gloss. Dial. Cumberland Moor grass, Round-leaved Sundew—Drosera rotundifolia. †3. Bog asphodel, Narthecium ossifragum. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > other grasses feather-top grass1597 hooded matweed1597 millet grass1597 spring grass1643 moor grass1749 melic1762 finger grass1767 feather-grass1776 aegilops1777 oat-grass1802 prairie grass1812 oat-grass1814 tansy mustard1856 purple moor grass1859 whorl-grass1861 Molinia1866 onion grass1868 káns1874 Turk's-head grass1882 Pangola finger-grass1947 tor grass1954 bush-grass- 1749 W. Ellis Compl. Syst. Improvem. Sheep iii. v. 321 This Moor-Grass, in the Parish of Wing [in Buckinghamshire], they call Rosa-Solis, as it is distinguished by Shepherds from other Grasses, who know it by its three-square Leaf, Rapier-like. †4. Cotton grass, Eriophorum angustifolium. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1776 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Veg. Great Brit. I. 30 Cottongrass... Moorgrass. 1886 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names 340 Moor Grass, (1) Eriophorum angustifolium, L. †5. Scottish. Silverweed, Potentilla anserina. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica I. 268 [Potentilla anserina] Moor-Grass. Scotis. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Moor-grass, Potentilla anserina. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1544
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