单词 | beard grass |
释义 | > as lemmasbeard grass beard grass n. (also beardgrass) any of various grasses, esp. of the genera Polypogon and Andropogon, typically having spikelets with very long awns, resulting in fluffy plume-like inflorescences; frequently with distinguishing word.naked-beard grass: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > beard-grass beard grass1771 three-awned grass1889 rabbit's foot grass1923 1771 J. R. Forster Catal. Plants N. Amer. in tr. J. B. Bossu Trav. Louisiana II. 62 Andropogon divaricatum. Beard grass, divaricated. 1830 Withering's Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 7) II. 152 Annual Beard Grass. P[olypogon] monspeliensis... Marshes and moist pastures near the sea. 1942 Sci. Monthly Oct. 353/2 In dry, rather sandy soil the grasses, especially the beard grasses, may be seen bowing in unison to let the breeze go by. 2002 Y. Baskin Plague of Rats & Rubbervines iv. 86 A wide array of non-native grasses such as molasses grass, beardgrass, and broomsedge have invaded, fueling frequent fires in a land where wildfires were once rare. < as lemmas |
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