| 单词 | rosha paper grass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrosha paper grass 1. In full rosha grass, †rosha paper grass. A South and South-East Asian grass, Cymbopogon martini, from which essential oils are obtained; esp. the form or variety of this grass from which palmarosa oil is obtained (= palmarosa n. 1).Another form or variety of this grass is known as ginger-grass (see ginger-grass n. 2a). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > fragrant plants or plants used in perfumery > [noun] > other fragrant or perfume plants rosha1837 citronella1849 palmarosa grass1870 1837 J. P. Marcus Let. 29 May in Trans. Agric. & Hort. Soc. India (1838) 5 42 I have the pleasure of despatching to you this day by dawk bangy, two bottles of the Roosa Grass seed. 1864 T. C. Jerdon Birds India III. ii. 609 The Bustard will often be found..concealed in the grass, but not for the purpose of eating the seeds of the Roussa grass,..rather for the large grasshoppers. 1885 G. Watt Dict. Econ. Products India I. 249 This is the roussa paper grass, abundant everywhere in the Deccan. 1916 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Bot. Gardens, Kew) No. 6. 168 A map showing the distribution of the principal areas of Rosha grass in Central India is interesting as it differentiates between the two varieties known as ‘Motia’ and ‘Sofia’. 1929 H. A. A. Nicholls & J. H. Holland Text-bk. Trop. Agric. (ed. 2) ii. xx. 607 Rusa or Rosha... The flowers and upper third of the stem are collected in September and October. 2001 Sunday Tel. Mag. (Sydney) (Nexis) 29 July 32 Surround yourself in a cloud of rosewood, geranium, vetiver (oil from the aromatic Indian khuskhus grass) and palmarosa (another fragrant oil from rosha grass). < as lemmas |
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