英语词汇“soft grass”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

soft grass n. [compare scientific Latin Holcus mollis (1766 or earlier)] any grass of the genus Holcus (see holcus n.), the members of which have leaves and leaf sheaths covered or partly covered with soft hairs; frequently with distinguishing word.meadow soft grass: see the first element.

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1759 B. Stillingfleet in tr. Misc. Tracts Nat. Hist. 211 Soft-grass... Holcus.

1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 264/2 The natives of Africa also make a beverage from the seed of the spiked or eared soft-grass (Holcus spicatus).

1908 Warwick (Queensland) Examiner & Times 9 Sept. 2/2 Three grasses which are favorably looked upon by dairymen are ‘Yorkshire fog’ or Meadow soft grass, Barren Fescue, and Barley Grass.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1244 On shallow soils, which are also drier, the soft-grass is replaced by the hair-grass. This forms close, wiry tufts difficult for the bluebell to pierce, and a bad bed for the germination of its seeds.

1998 R. Grounds Plantfinder's Guide Grasses iii. 20/2 Striped creeping soft grass is versatile in the garden, being at home in a shaded rock garden or used as an edging.

单词	soft grass
释义	> as lemmas soft grass soft grass n. [compare scientific Latin Holcus mollis (1766 or earlier)] any grass of the genus Holcus (see holcus n.), the members of which have leaves and leaf sheaths covered or partly covered with soft hairs; frequently with distinguishing word.meadow soft grass: see the first element. ΚΠ 1759 B. Stillingfleet in tr. Misc. Tracts Nat. Hist. 211 Soft-grass... Holcus. 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 264/2 The natives of Africa also make a beverage from the seed of the spiked or eared soft-grass (Holcus spicatus). 1908 Warwick (Queensland) Examiner & Times 9 Sept. 2/2 Three grasses which are favorably looked upon by dairymen are ‘Yorkshire fog’ or Meadow soft grass, Barren Fescue, and Barley Grass. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1244 On shallow soils, which are also drier, the soft-grass is replaced by the hair-grass. This forms close, wiry tufts difficult for the bluebell to pierce, and a bad bed for the germination of its seeds. 1998 R. Grounds Plantfinder's Guide Grasses iii. 20/2 Striped creeping soft grass is versatile in the garden, being at home in a shaded rock garden or used as an edging. extracted from softadj. < as lemmas
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