Pennisetumn.

Brit.

/ˌpɛnɪˈsiːt(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˌpɛnəˈsid(ə)m/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Pennisetum.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Pennisetum, genus name (L. C. Richard 1805, in C. H. Persoon Synopsis Plantarum I. 72) < classical Latin penni- , combining form of penna feather (see pen n.³) + saeta , sēta bristle (see seta n.).

A genus of chiefly tropical grasses including elephant grass and pearl millet, characterized by dense spikelike inflorescences bearing long, often feathery bristles; (also pennisetum) a grass of this genus.

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Pennisetum1824

Mullumbimby couch1911

1824 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening (ed. 2) 1212/2 Pennisetum,..grasses of the easiest culture.

1858 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 537 Most annoying of all, the Pennisetum, or ‘karengia’, which, in the season of ripening, poisons every exposed part of the human body with the stings of its adhesive seeds.

1892 Garden & Forest 30 Mar. 150 Pennisetum grows about two feet high, and can easily be raised from seed of good quality.

1926 F. A. Beuchel Commerce of Agric. ii. 49 On the rich sides of the hills and mountains they plant such crops as eleusine, pennisetum, sorghum, maize, bananas and yams.

1962 Geogr. Jrnl. 128 527 The occurrence of widely separated Pennisetum grasslands in West Africa and Abyssinia..underlines the importance of large-scale historical changes in the flora in bringing about the present distribution.

2001 BBC Gardeners' World Feb. 60/4 Just as graceful, but in a different way, are the fountain grasses, Pennisetum species, with their leafy mounds and foxtail-like inflorescences of long-awned florets.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pennisetum
释义	Pennisetumn. Brit. /ˌpɛnɪˈsiːt(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌpɛnəˈsid(ə)m/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Pennisetum. Etymology: < scientific Latin Pennisetum, genus name (L. C. Richard 1805, in C. H. Persoon Synopsis Plantarum I. 72) < classical Latin penni- , combining form of penna feather (see pen n.³) + saeta , sēta bristle (see seta n.). A genus of chiefly tropical grasses including elephant grass and pearl millet, characterized by dense spikelike inflorescences bearing long, often feathery bristles; (also pennisetum) a grass of this genus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > non-British grasses > [noun] > tropical Pennisetum1824 Mullumbimby couch1911 1824 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening (ed. 2) 1212/2 Pennisetum,..grasses of the easiest culture. 1858 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 537 Most annoying of all, the Pennisetum, or ‘karengia’, which, in the season of ripening, poisons every exposed part of the human body with the stings of its adhesive seeds. 1892 Garden & Forest 30 Mar. 150 Pennisetum grows about two feet high, and can easily be raised from seed of good quality. 1926 F. A. Beuchel Commerce of Agric. ii. 49 On the rich sides of the hills and mountains they plant such crops as eleusine, pennisetum, sorghum, maize, bananas and yams. 1962 Geogr. Jrnl. 128 527 The occurrence of widely separated Pennisetum grasslands in West Africa and Abyssinia..underlines the importance of large-scale historical changes in the flora in bringing about the present distribution. 2001 BBC Gardeners' World Feb. 60/4 Just as graceful, but in a different way, are the fountain grasses, Pennisetum species, with their leafy mounds and foxtail-like inflorescences of long-awned florets. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1824
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