单词 | sprout flow |
释义 | > as lemmassprout flow sprout flow n. U.S. regional (southern) (now historical) the first flow or flood of water sluiced into a rice field, causing the seed to sprout. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > irrigation > [noun] > first flow into rice fields sprout flow1828 1828 Southern Agriculturist May 217 On land of this kind I keep on the sprout flow for a shorter term than on other land. 1918 U. B. Phillips Amer. Negro Slavery v. 89 The seed rice was carefully strewn and the water at once let on for the ‘sprout flow’. 2014 D. McCaig Ruth's Journey (2015) 169 Trunk gates had been raised and rice flooded for the sprout flow. < as lemmas |
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