plavn.

Brit.

/plav/, U.S.

/plɑv/

Forms: 1900s– plaur Brit.

/ˈplaʊə/, U.S.

/ˈplaʊ(ə)r/, 1900s– plav.

Origin: A borrowing from Romanian. Etymons: Romanian plav, plaur.

Etymology: < Romanian plav, regional variant of plaur, apparently < Russian plav-, stem of plavat′ to float.

A floating islet of reeds occurring naturally in the delta of the River Danube; (also) the material composing this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > reed or the reed plant > floating mat of

plav1916

1916 Jrnl. Linn. Soc.: Bot. 43 264 Reed of any size may in the delta of the Danube form an entire Plav, or portion of a Plav, from the base upwards.

1924 J. A. Hammerton Countries of World III. 1653/1 Many creatures perish, while such as do escape..eke out a desperate existence on floating islands of plaur or marsh weeds, so thickly matted and intertwined as to furnish a secure footing for both man and beast.

1953 J. Lindsay & M. Cornforth Rumanian Summer 130 Their land was one of swamps, brackish sands, huge willows on low mudbanks, heavy floating plaur.

1961 Times 28 Oct. 9/7 We clambered out on to the plaur, the floating mass of decayed reeds.

1988 Ecology 69 1025 In the Danube River delta in Romania, floating fens or ‘plavs’ have developed from marshes dominated by Phragmites.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	plav
释义	plavn. Brit. /plav/, U.S. /plɑv/ Forms: 1900s– plaur Brit. /ˈplaʊə/, U.S. /ˈplaʊ(ə)r/, 1900s– plav. Origin: A borrowing from Romanian. Etymons: Romanian plav, plaur. Etymology: < Romanian plav, regional variant of plaur, apparently < Russian plav-, stem of plavat′ to float. A floating islet of reeds occurring naturally in the delta of the River Danube; (also) the material composing this. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > reed or the reed plant > floating mat of plav1916 1916 Jrnl. Linn. Soc.: Bot. 43 264 Reed of any size may in the delta of the Danube form an entire Plav, or portion of a Plav, from the base upwards. 1924 J. A. Hammerton Countries of World III. 1653/1 Many creatures perish, while such as do escape..eke out a desperate existence on floating islands of plaur or marsh weeds, so thickly matted and intertwined as to furnish a secure footing for both man and beast. 1953 J. Lindsay & M. Cornforth Rumanian Summer 130 Their land was one of swamps, brackish sands, huge willows on low mudbanks, heavy floating plaur. 1961 Times 28 Oct. 9/7 We clambered out on to the plaur, the floating mass of decayed reeds. 1988 Ecology 69 1025 In the Danube River delta in Romania, floating fens or ‘plavs’ have developed from marshes dominated by Phragmites. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1916
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