silk grassn.

Forms: Also silk-grass.

Etymology: < silk n. and adj. + grass n.¹

Botany.

a. One or other of various species of lustrous grasses native to America and the West Indies, esp. Bromelia or Nidularium Karatas; also, the fibrous leaves produced by these.

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silk grass1620

karatas1728

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silk grass1620

1620 Observ. Silkwormes D j Silke grasse to bee vsed for Cordage, sixe-pence the pound.

1699 L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. 94 They have a Plant also which is of good use to them, call'd by us Silk-Grass; tho' 'tis indeed a kind of Flag.

1703 London Gaz. No. 3898/3 Goods out of the Mary Man of War from Vigo, consisting of..Coppras, Silk Grass, &c.

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 176 He..made her a present of a purse of silk grass.

1807 P. Gass Jrnls. 184 A number of the Chinook Indians came to the fort with hats..made of the cedar bark and silk grass.

1827 O. W. Roberts Narr. Voy. Central Amer. 56 Large bags made of silk grass.

1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 787/2.

attributive.1699 L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. 95 The Spanish Women make Stockins of it, which are call'd Silk-grass Stockins.

b. The name of various species of aloe, agave, or yucca, or of the fibre derived from these.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > other plants yielding fibre, etc.

withe1657

silk grass1753

restio1796

kurrajong1823

lechuguilla1834

kie-kie1847

munj1855

pua1858

sesban1860

settler's twine1898

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. App. Silk-grass, a name used for two very different genuses of plants, the aloe and dog's bane.

1847 Webster's Amer Dict. Eng. Lang. Silk-grass, a filamentous plant of the genus Yucca. Farm. Encycl.

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Silk-grass, a name for the fine fibres of the Agave vivipara, and of A. zuccæfolia.

1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) at Bear-grass Bear-Grass (Yucca-filamentosa). Sometimes called Silk Grass, from the fibres which appear on the edges of the leaves. It is not a grass.

attributive.1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 48 The Silk Grass Plant nearly resembles the American Aloes.

†2.

a. Dog's-bane (Apocynum). Obsolete. rare.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > [noun] > dog's bane

dogbane1597

silk grass1670

fly-trap1774

1670 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 5 1152 In the same Box are Pods of a Vegetable, we call Silk-grass, which are full of a kind of most fine down-like Cotton-wool.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. App.

†b. Cotton-grass. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > cotton-grass plant or flower

moss-crop?c1475

fen-down1495

cotton-grass1597

silk grass1727

moor-palm1788

bog-down1794

moss1798

cotton-rush1826

lucky minnie's oo1866

cotton-sedge1872

moor-silk1879

month1881

month grass1881

1727 in Gentleman's Mag. (1747) 17 23/2 A plant named silk or cotton grass from its white tuff on the top resembling the finest cotton wool.

3. The grass Oryzopsis cuspidata of the western United States, the glumes of which bear long silky hairs; also Stipa comata of the same region.

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1891 in Cent. Dict.

4. In Australia, the rough bent-grass, Agrostis scabra.

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1930 R. V. Billis & A. S. Kenyon Pastures New viii. 124 The silk grass, brought over by sheep from Van Dieman's Land, was regarded as a noxious weed.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	silk grass
释义	silk grassn. Forms: Also silk-grass. Etymology: < silk n. and adj. + grass n.¹ Botany. 1. a. One or other of various species of lustrous grasses native to America and the West Indies, esp. Bromelia or Nidularium Karatas; also, the fibrous leaves produced by these. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > grasses > silk-grass silk grass1620 karatas1728 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > grasses > silk-grass > leaves silk grass1620 1620 Observ. Silkwormes D j Silke grasse to bee vsed for Cordage, sixe-pence the pound. 1699 L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. 94 They have a Plant also which is of good use to them, call'd by us Silk-Grass; tho' 'tis indeed a kind of Flag. 1703 London Gaz. No. 3898/3 Goods out of the Mary Man of War from Vigo, consisting of..Coppras, Silk Grass, &c. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 176 He..made her a present of a purse of silk grass. 1807 P. Gass Jrnls. 184 A number of the Chinook Indians came to the fort with hats..made of the cedar bark and silk grass. 1827 O. W. Roberts Narr. Voy. Central Amer. 56 Large bags made of silk grass. 1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 787/2. attributive.1699 L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. 95 The Spanish Women make Stockins of it, which are call'd Silk-grass Stockins. b. The name of various species of aloe, agave, or yucca, or of the fibre derived from these. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > other plants yielding fibre, etc. withe1657 silk grass1753 restio1796 kurrajong1823 lechuguilla1834 kie-kie1847 munj1855 pua1858 sesban1860 settler's twine1898 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. App. Silk-grass, a name used for two very different genuses of plants, the aloe and dog's bane. 1847 Webster's Amer Dict. Eng. Lang. Silk-grass, a filamentous plant of the genus Yucca. Farm. Encycl. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Silk-grass, a name for the fine fibres of the Agave vivipara, and of A. zuccæfolia. 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) at Bear-grass Bear-Grass (Yucca-filamentosa). Sometimes called Silk Grass, from the fibres which appear on the edges of the leaves. It is not a grass. attributive.1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 48 The Silk Grass Plant nearly resembles the American Aloes. †2. a. Dog's-bane (Apocynum). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > [noun] > dog's bane dogbane1597 silk grass1670 fly-trap1774 1670 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 5 1152 In the same Box are Pods of a Vegetable, we call Silk-grass, which are full of a kind of most fine down-like Cotton-wool. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. App. †b. Cotton-grass. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > cotton-grass plant or flower moss-crop?c1475 fen-down1495 cotton-grass1597 silk grass1727 moor-palm1788 bog-down1794 moss1798 cotton-rush1826 lucky minnie's oo1866 cotton-sedge1872 moor-silk1879 month1881 month grass1881 1727 in Gentleman's Mag. (1747) 17 23/2 A plant named silk or cotton grass from its white tuff on the top resembling the finest cotton wool. 3. The grass Oryzopsis cuspidata of the western United States, the glumes of which bear long silky hairs; also Stipa comata of the same region. ΚΠ 1891 in Cent. Dict. 4. In Australia, the rough bent-grass, Agrostis scabra. ΚΠ 1930 R. V. Billis & A. S. Kenyon Pastures New viii. 124 The silk grass, brought over by sheep from Van Dieman's Land, was regarded as a noxious weed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1620
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