单词 | small seed |
释义 | > as lemmassmall seed small seed n. chiefly New Zealand (in plural) the seeds of any of various grasses or other plants used for pasture or as forage; these grasses or other plants themselves; (in early use) spec. the seed or grain of a cereal crop. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > wild and cultivated plants > [noun] > cultivated or planted > grown for its foliage or seed small seed1793 foliage plant1862 seed-plant1878 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > grasses used for hay or pasture > rye-grass windlestrawc1000 eavera1425 wall barley1548 red darnel1578 ray-grass1677 ryegrass1690 ray1805 small seed1950 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > grasses used for hay or pasture > cock's foot cocksfoot1597 orchard grass1764 fox's foot1853 small seed1950 1793 J. Hollingsworth Let. 3 Apr. in T. Jefferson Papers (1992) XXV. 484 Mr. Boulding..Understands farming Wheat and Coarn well and tolarably well Aqueunted with Small Seeds of all Sorts. 1840 W. Deans Let. 30 Oct. in J. Deans Pioneers Canterbury (1939) 29 I..have got in about two acres of potatoes and..numerous small seeds. 1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Apr. 359/1 Small seeds [grown in a Canterbury district] include perennial and Italian rye-grass, cocksfoot, crested dogstail, and clover. 2006 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 9 Aug. 11 Producers of small seeds were heavily reliant on bees for pollination. < as lemmas |
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