单词 | purple melic |
释义 | > as lemmaspurple melic purple melic n. now rare (more fully purple melic grass) = moor grass n. 1(b). ΚΠ 1776 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Veg. Great Brit. I. 48 Ropegrass with a simple nodding panicle, and the blossoms not fringed—Panicle red... Purple melic grass... In the Isle of Rasa they make this grass into ropes for fishing nets. 1804 C. Smith Conversations II. 108 In a few short months..Would velvet moss and purple melic rise. 1937 S. F. Armstrong Brit. Grasses (ed. 3) 136 Molinia cœrulea, Mœnch. (Purple Melick-grass, Flying Bent)... This plant is common on damp moors, peaty soils, woods, etc. in Britain. < as lemmas |
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