单词 | sand-reed |
释义 | > as lemmassand-reed sand-reed n. the marram grass, Ammophila arenaria; cf. marram n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > sea bent or sea reed grass sea-reedc1550 sea-bent1562 sea matweed1597 sea reed-grass1777 sand-reed1805 bent-star1822 sea matgrass1840 sand-sedge1842 sand-oat1881 1805 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 109 In Iceland, the grain of sand-reed approaches so nearly to maturity, that [etc.]. 1849 W. H. Harvey Sea-side Bk. i. 12 The sand-reed..naturally grows on the sandy shores of Europe. 1879 Scribner's Monthly Sept. 651/1 After laboriously cleaning their fish, they laid them among the sand-reeds. 1910 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 590/2 The most common plant here is the stiff sand-reed. 1975 M. C. Davis Near Woods i. 3 On a wave-lashed slope, this sand reed measures land's end. < as lemmas |
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