| 单词 | painted grass |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspainted grass painted grass n. now rare a variegated cultivated form of reed canary grass, Phalaris arundinacea. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > phalaris grasses grass corn1548 phalaris1548 Canary seed1578 Canary grass1597 chameleon grass1597 lady's laces1597 painted grass1597 sword-grass1598 silver grass1600 Canary1723 reed canary grass1762 ribbon grass1786 gardener's garters1820 dagger-grass1834 daggers1847 bride's laces1854 canary reed1884 1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 25 Vsually of our English women..called Ladies Laces, or Painted grasse. 1714 Philos. Trans. 1713 (Royal Soc.) 28 179 Painted Grass, or Ladies Laces. 1842 J. L. Knapp Gramina Britannica (ed. 2) Pl. xcviii Arundo colorata is a tall conspicuous aquatic... By cultivation the leaves of this Coloured Reed become striped in a very handsome manner, and the plant is then known in many a cottage garden..as ‘Painted-grass’, or ‘Ribbon-grass’. 1902 T. W. Saunders Encycl. Gardening (ed. 5) 285 Phalaris (Canary Reed,..Gardeners' Garters,..Painted Grass, Ribbon Grass). < as lemmas |
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