purple grassn.

Brit.

/ˌpəːpl ˈɡrɑːs/,

/ˌpəːpl ˈɡras/, U.S.

/ˌpərp(ə)l ˈɡræs/

Forms: see purple adj. and n. and grass n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: purple adj., grass n.¹

Etymology: < purple adj. + grass n.¹

Now rare.

1. Any of various clovers or clover-like plants, including white clover, Trifolium repens, and spotted medick, Medicago arabica.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [noun] > clover or trefoil

white clovereOE

cloverc1000

hare-foota1300

clerewort?a1400

clover-grassa1400

three-leaved grass14..

trefoilc1400

sucklingc1440

four-leaved grassc1450

trefle1510

Trifolium?1541

trinity grass1545

Dutch1548

lote1548

hare's-foot1562

lotus1562

triple grass1562

blain-grass1570

meadow trefoil1578

purple grass1597

purplewort1597

satin flower1597

cithyse1620

true-love grass?a1629

garden balsam1633

hop-clover1679

Burgundian hay1712

strawberry trefoil1731

honeysuckle trefoil1735

red clover1764

buffalo-clover1767

marl-grass1776

purple trefoil1785

white trefoil1785

yellow trefoil1785

sulla1787

cow-grass1789

strawberry-bearing trefoil1796

zigzag trefoil1796

rabbit's foot1817

lotus grass1820

strawberry-headed trefoil1822

mountain liquorice1836

hop-trefoil1855

clustered clover1858

alsike1881

mountain clover1882

knop1897

Swedish clover1908

sub clover1920

four-leaf clover1927

suckle-

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. cccclxxxiv. 1028 This kinde of three leafed Grasse, or rather fower leafed Trefoile, hath leaues like vnto the common medow Trefoile, sauing that they be lesser, and [printed ahd] of a browne purplish colour, knowne by the name of Purple Woort, or Purple Grasse.

1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 1112 The purple grasse spreadeth on the ground, the leaves are in some three in others foure or five on a stalke, of a sad greene colour, with a shadow of darke purple cast over them.

1738 G. C. Deering Catalogus Stirpium 220 Heart Trefoil or Clover, by some called Purple Grass, from the Colour of the spots on the middle of the Leaves.

1932 E. B. Fred et al. Root Nodule Bacteria & Leguminous Plants viii. 124 Trifolium repens L. White clover.., shamrock, white trefoil, purple grass, purple wort.

2. Any of several North American grasses with purplish panicles, esp. Enneapogon desvauxii (formerly Pappophorum wrightii).

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1862 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 386 The Purple Grass (Eragrostis pectinacea) is now in the height of its beauty.

1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Purple-grass, a slender, branching, rather low grass, Pappophorum Wrightii, with dense spike-like purple or lead-colored panicles, found in the south-western United States and adjacent Mexico.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	purple grass
释义	purple grassn. Brit. /ˌpəːpl ˈɡrɑːs/, /ˌpəːpl ˈɡras/, U.S. /ˌpərp(ə)l ˈɡræs/ Forms: see purple adj. and n. and grass n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: purple adj., grass n.¹ Etymology: < purple adj. + grass n.¹ Now rare. 1. Any of various clovers or clover-like plants, including white clover, Trifolium repens, and spotted medick, Medicago arabica. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [noun] > clover or trefoil white clovereOE cloverc1000 hare-foota1300 clerewort?a1400 clover-grassa1400 three-leaved grass14.. trefoilc1400 sucklingc1440 four-leaved grassc1450 trefle1510 Trifolium?1541 trinity grass1545 Dutch1548 lote1548 hare's-foot1562 lotus1562 triple grass1562 blain-grass1570 meadow trefoil1578 purple grass1597 purplewort1597 satin flower1597 cithyse1620 true-love grass?a1629 garden balsam1633 hop-clover1679 Burgundian hay1712 strawberry trefoil1731 honeysuckle trefoil1735 red clover1764 buffalo-clover1767 marl-grass1776 purple trefoil1785 white trefoil1785 yellow trefoil1785 sulla1787 cow-grass1789 strawberry-bearing trefoil1796 zigzag trefoil1796 rabbit's foot1817 lotus grass1820 strawberry-headed trefoil1822 mountain liquorice1836 hop-trefoil1855 clustered clover1858 alsike1881 mountain clover1882 knop1897 Swedish clover1908 sub clover1920 four-leaf clover1927 suckle- 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. cccclxxxiv. 1028 This kinde of three leafed Grasse, or rather fower leafed Trefoile, hath leaues like vnto the common medow Trefoile, sauing that they be lesser, and [printed ahd] of a browne purplish colour, knowne by the name of Purple Woort, or Purple Grasse. 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 1112 The purple grasse spreadeth on the ground, the leaves are in some three in others foure or five on a stalke, of a sad greene colour, with a shadow of darke purple cast over them. 1738 G. C. Deering Catalogus Stirpium 220 Heart Trefoil or Clover, by some called Purple Grass, from the Colour of the spots on the middle of the Leaves. 1932 E. B. Fred et al. Root Nodule Bacteria & Leguminous Plants viii. 124 Trifolium repens L. White clover.., shamrock, white trefoil, purple grass, purple wort. 2. Any of several North American grasses with purplish panicles, esp. Enneapogon desvauxii (formerly Pappophorum wrightii). ΚΠ 1862 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 386 The Purple Grass (Eragrostis pectinacea) is now in the height of its beauty. 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Purple-grass, a slender, branching, rather low grass, Pappophorum Wrightii, with dense spike-like purple or lead-colored panicles, found in the south-western United States and adjacent Mexico. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1597
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