单词 | ribbon weed |
释义 | > as lemmasribbon weed ribbon weed n. any of various aquatic plants with long, ribbon-like leaves, esp. (a) a brown alga of the genera Fucus or Laminaria; (b) a flowering plant of the genus Vallisneria (family Hydrocharitaceae); also called ribbon grass. Π 1816 Edinb. Encycl. (1830) X. 15/2 Two Cape species are remarkable for being elegantly fringed along the margin, F. erinaceus..and F. vittatus, or ribbon weed. a1862 H. D. Thoreau Cape Cod (1866) iv. 61 This kelp, oar-weed, tangle, devil's-apron, sole-leather, or ribbon-weed,—as various species are called,—appeared to us..a fit invention for Neptune to adorn his car with. 1900 Baily's Mag. Feb. 93/1 The best kinds of weed have been driven out and supplanted by a vigorous growth of ribbon weed (Sparganium ramosum), which blocks the river. 1935 D. L. Sayers Gaudy Night xii. 269 Miss Haydock had both hands in the stream, slashing with a knife at the ribbon-weed that was wrapped viciously about the legs. 1999 R. Deakin Waterlog (2000) xvi. 187 I swam on downstream, over festive streamers of waving ribbon weed. < as lemmas |
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