| 单词 | paper reed |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspaper reed paper reed n. the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > sedges > papyrus plants papyrusa1398 paper plant1597 paper reed1597 paper-rush1608 sea-willow1807 paper- 1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 37 This kinde of reede, which I haue englished Paper reede, or Paper plant, is the same..that paper was made of in Egypt. 1611 Bible (King James) Isa. xix. 7 The paper reeds by the brookes..shall wither. View more context for this quotation 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum Papyrus Ægyptia, in English, Paper-Reed of the Antients, growing in Nilus, and of Sicily. 1855 R. Browning Saul (rev. ed.) xiii, in Men & Women II. 131 The river's a-wave With smooth paper-reeds. 2001 Exotic & Greenhouse Gardening June 74/2 Many grasses relish the moist, sticky conditions that a swamp provides. Among the most spectacular is Cyperus papyrus, the Egyptian paper reed. < as lemmas |
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