| 单词 | prairie wool |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprairie wool prairie wool n. chiefly Canadian the natural, undisturbed plant cover of prairie land, predominantly composed of grasses. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > herb or herbaceous plant > [noun] > herbage or grass > forming characteristic vegetation meadow grassa1300 bottom grass1594 long grass1699 sweet-grass1812 short-grass1826 prairie wool1908 1908 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 21 Feb. 8/3 Thousands of acres of grazing land, covered with a thick growth of grass resembling the ‘prairie wool’ which makes the cattle ranges of Alberta and Saskatchewan unrivaled. 1953 Canad. Geogr. Jrnl. June 245/1 The sheep crop the ‘prairie wool’—that excellent hard forage composed of spear-grass, bunch-grass and buffalo-grass. 1992 Prairie Fire Autumn 12 Dear Miss Hotchkiss viewed herself as a pillar of refinement blinking like a beacon over the sea of waving grain fields and rippling prairie wool. < as lemmas |
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