单词 | mouse grass |
释义 | > as lemmasmouse grass mouse grass n. †(a) a sedum (obsolete rare); (b) Scottish the silvery hair grass, Aira caryophyllea; †(c) an Australian grass, Dichelachne crinita (cf. plume grass n. at plume n. Compounds 2). (obsolete rare).It is not clear which plant is denoted in quot. c1300. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Crassulaceae (stonecrop and allies) > [noun] > stonecrop sengreenc1000 stonecropc1000 orpine?a1300 orval?a1300 mouse grassc1300 stonehorea1400 Crassulac1400 sedumc1440 thrift1538 prick-madam1542 mousetail1548 livelong1578 wall pepper1578 worm-grass1578 country pepper1597 jack of the buttery1597 pricket1597 stone-pepper1597 trick-madam1600 trip-madam1693 midsummer mena1697 rosewort1725 roseroot1731 live forever1760 ice plant1818 wall moss1855 Jacka1876 wall grass1882 thick-leaf1884 c1300 in T. Hunt Pop. Med. 13th-cent. Eng. (1990) v. 251 Herbam que vocatur mousgras vel horwey. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ioubarbe sauvage, Mouse-grasse, wild Prickmadame. 1839 Collectanea Flora Moray 4 Triandria... Aira caryophyllea. ‘Mouse Grass’. 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 56/2 Mouse grass, Australian. Dichelachne crinita. 1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. 169/2 Mouse Grass—(i.q. Long-haired Plume Grass.) 1978 M. M. Webster Flora Moray, Nairn & E. Inverness 514 Aira carophyllea L. Mouse Grass, Silver Hair Grass. Native. Common in dry gravelly places. < as lemmas |
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