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单词 rye grass
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rye grassn.1

Forms: see rye n.1 and grass n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rye n.1, grass n.1
Etymology: < rye n.1 + grass n.1 The grasses are so called on account of their resemblance to rye in shape and colour.
Obsolete.
Any of several wild grasses of the genus Hordeum, esp. wall barley, H. murinum; also called wild rye.
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wild rye?a1500
way bent1597
rye grass1633
squirrel-tail grass1777
squirrel-tail1796
mouse barley1800
1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) i. 73 Hordeum Spurium..cannot be fitlier named than by calling it wilde Rie, or Rie grasse.
1710 W. Salmon Botanologia I. 63/2 Wall Barley..might more properly be called Wild-Rye, Way-Rye, or Rye-Grass.
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 315/2 Rye grass, Hordeum.
1792–4 T. Martyn Flora Rustica III. 108 Rie-grass [sc. Hordeum pratense] is not uncommon in good meadows.
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 171 Hordeum murinum... Wild Rye. Rye-grass.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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