| 单词 | moor-palm |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmoor-palm moor-palm n. British regional (a) the flower of any of various sedges (genus Carex); (b) the flowering spikelet of the cotton grass, Eriophorum vaginatum; (also) the plant itself; (c) the willow, Salix aurita. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > cotton-grass plant or flower moss-crop?c1475 fen-down1495 cotton-grass1597 silk grass1727 moor-palm1788 bog-down1794 moss1798 cotton-rush1826 lucky minnie's oo1866 cotton-sedge1872 moor-silk1879 month1881 month grass1881 1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 342 Moor-pawms, (that is Moor-Palms), the flowers of the carex tribe [1796 (ed. 2) II. 333, the flowers of eriophorum, the cotton rush]. 1849 Lady Wilde tr. W. Meinhold Sidonia the Sorceress II. 46 From the quantity of moor-palms (Eriophorum Vaginatum) which grow in their numerous rich meadows. 1888 F. A. Lees Flora W. Yorks. 406 Salix aurita L. Dwarf Sallow. ‘Moor-palm’. 1888 F. A. Lees Flora W. Yorks. 470 Carex binervis Sm. ‘Seggs’. ‘Moor Palms’—the polliniferous catkins in bloom. < as lemmas |
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