| 单词 | scotch grass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasScotch grass Scotch grass n. [probably after Scotland, the name of a district in Barbados] now rare any of several grasses cultivated as forage in tropical climates; esp. any of several grasses of the genus Urochloa (formerly included in Panicum), grown in Jamaica. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > non-British grasses > [noun] > American or West Indian man-grass1672 Scotch grass1707 ginger-grass1750 savannah grass1750 bottlebrush1798 rescue grass1853 ant rice1861 1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. p. xvii They are likewise fatted by Scotch Grass. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 133 Scotch Grass. This plant is cultivated, and thrives very luxuriantly in all the low and marshy lands of Jamaica. 1839 Penny Cycl. XIII. 75/1 The Scotch grass grows with great luxuriance by the sides of the rivers [of Jamaica]. 1906 Q. Jrnl. (Inst. Commercial Res. Tropics) 1 80 The island [sc. Jamaica] seems to have open waste pastures and plenty of Guinea and Scotch grass, both well adapted for the feeding of cattle. < as lemmas |
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