sour grassn.

Forms: Also sour-grass.

Etymology: sour adj.

1. A tropical grass of the genus Paspalum.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > non-British grasses > [noun] > tropical > paspalum grasses

sour grass1756

Paspalum1772

joint-grass1790

Hilo grass1888

1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 365 Sour-Grass... The roots and leaves of this plant..cure sores and ulcers.

1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 787 Sour-grass, Paspalum conjugatum.

2. One or other variety of sorrel (Rumex or Oxalis). Also attributive.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Oxalidaceae (wood-sorrel and allies) > [noun]

sorrel de boysa1400

wood-soura1400

hallelujahc1425

cuckoobread1526

cuckoo's meat1526

wood sorrel1526

stubwort1541

sour trefoil1578

stobwort1597

salad sorrel1611

French sorrel1633

three-leaved grass1634

stab-wort1640

lujula1651

oxalis1706

goat's foot1787

sour grass1866

sour-sop1885

soursob1907

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Polygonaceae (dock and allies) > [noun] > dock and allies > sorrel

sour dockc1325

sorrelc1440

sourock?a1505

sheep's sorrel1578

Tours sorrel1578

green sauce1620

moonwort1697

ranty-tantya1700

tree sorrel1753

sheep-sorrel1806

sour grass1866

1866 J. E. Brogden Provinc. Words Lincs. Sour-grass, Sour-sauce, the ground sorrel, Oxalis pratense.

1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms xx The long sour-grass..was dripping with the night dew.

1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 50 Oxalis corniculata,..‘Clover Sorrel’, or ‘Sour Grass’.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 311 Bred in a ‘sour grass’ country, far inferior for fattening purposes.

3. South African. The coarse grass characteristic of sour veld (see sour adj. and n.¹ Compounds 2).

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > non-British grasses > [noun] > African

sour grass1801

tambouki grass1837

stickgrass1838

pypgrass1854

Bushman grass1857

twa-grass1857

tambotie grass1866

rooigras1875

steekgras1890

Napier grass1920

1801 J. Barrow Acct. Trav. Interior S. Afr. 1797–8 I. iii. 110 That division of the district called the Zuure-veldt, or Sour Grass plains.

1852 M. B. Hudson S. Afr. Frontier Life I. 236 About Graham's Town and Lower Albany is ‘the Zuurveld or Sour Grass Country’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	sour grass
释义	sour grassn. Forms: Also sour-grass. Etymology: sour adj. 1. A tropical grass of the genus Paspalum. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > non-British grasses > [noun] > tropical > paspalum grasses sour grass1756 Paspalum1772 joint-grass1790 Hilo grass1888 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 365 Sour-Grass... The roots and leaves of this plant..cure sores and ulcers. 1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 787 Sour-grass, Paspalum conjugatum. 2. One or other variety of sorrel (Rumex or Oxalis). Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Oxalidaceae (wood-sorrel and allies) > [noun] sorrel de boysa1400 wood-soura1400 hallelujahc1425 cuckoobread1526 cuckoo's meat1526 wood sorrel1526 stubwort1541 sour trefoil1578 stobwort1597 salad sorrel1611 French sorrel1633 three-leaved grass1634 stab-wort1640 lujula1651 oxalis1706 goat's foot1787 sour grass1866 sour-sop1885 soursob1907 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Polygonaceae (dock and allies) > [noun] > dock and allies > sorrel sour dockc1325 sorrelc1440 sourock?a1505 sheep's sorrel1578 Tours sorrel1578 green sauce1620 moonwort1697 ranty-tantya1700 tree sorrel1753 sheep-sorrel1806 sour grass1866 1866 J. E. Brogden Provinc. Words Lincs. Sour-grass, Sour-sauce, the ground sorrel, Oxalis pratense. 1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms xx The long sour-grass..was dripping with the night dew. 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 50 Oxalis corniculata,..‘Clover Sorrel’, or ‘Sour Grass’. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 311 Bred in a ‘sour grass’ country, far inferior for fattening purposes. 3. South African. The coarse grass characteristic of sour veld (see sour adj. and n.¹ Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > non-British grasses > [noun] > African sour grass1801 tambouki grass1837 stickgrass1838 pypgrass1854 Bushman grass1857 twa-grass1857 tambotie grass1866 rooigras1875 steekgras1890 Napier grass1920 1801 J. Barrow Acct. Trav. Interior S. Afr. 1797–8 I. iii. 110 That division of the district called the Zuure-veldt, or Sour Grass plains. 1852 M. B. Hudson S. Afr. Frontier Life I. 236 About Graham's Town and Lower Albany is ‘the Zuurveld or Sour Grass Country’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1756
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