| 单词 | rat-tail grass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrat-tail grass rat-tail grass n. any of several grasses with long narrow inflorescences, occurring in pastures; esp. (in later use) those of the genus Sporobolus. ΚΠ 1861 A. Wood Class Bk. Bot. iv. 806 Rottbœllia... Rat-tail Grass. Spikelets in pairs at each joint of a terete. 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 109 Rat-tail grass. A fine, open, pasture grass [etc.]. 1947 Condor 49 111 Sporobolis capensis. Rattail grass... Abundant along roads and on grazed land. 1970 A. T. Semple Grassland Improvem. xi. 248 The undesirable rat-tail grass (Sporobolus capensis) can be controlled, as cattle will eat it when it is coarse. 2000 Forest Ecol. & Managem. 126 14/2 At the time of planting the ground cover was a 3-inch sod layer of kikuyu grass.., rattail grass (Sporobolus capensis..), and gorse. < as lemmas |
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