| 单词 | blue moor grass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblue moor grass 1. A moorland grass; spec. (a) a grass of the genus Sesleria, esp. S. caerulea, found in limestone pasture in Ireland and northern England (more fully blue moor grass); (b) the coarse grass Molinia caerulea, often dominant in heath and moorland (more fully purple moor grass, †blue moor grass). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > other grasses feather-top grass1597 hooded matweed1597 millet grass1597 spring grass1643 moor grass1749 melic1762 finger grass1767 feather-grass1776 aegilops1777 oat-grass1802 prairie grass1812 oat-grass1814 tansy mustard1856 purple moor grass1859 whorl-grass1861 Molinia1866 onion grass1868 káns1874 Turk's-head grass1882 Pangola finger-grass1947 tor grass1954 bush-grass- 1544 in C. Rogers Rental Bk. Cupar-Angus (1880) II. 225 ij acris of outfeld land to be gevin to ane mwre gres. 1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIV. 316 [The hills] are covered with heath, and what we call lubba, a sort of grass which feeds our cattle in the summer time; it generally consists of different species of carices, plain bent, and other moor grasses. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 140 at Sesleria S. cærulea..Blue Moor-grass. 1858 A. Irvine Illustr. Handbk. Brit. Plants 210 Sesleria, Arduin. Moor Grass. 1858 A. Irvine Illustr. Handbk. Brit. Plants 211 S. cærulea, Ard. Blue Moor Grass. 1859 L. H. Grindon Manch. Flora 439 Purple Moor-grass... Everywhere on heaths and moors. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 748/2 Of the three described species, one is a native of Britain, M[olinia] cærulea, the blue Moor-grass. 1900 Archæol. Æliana 22 80 Black-faced sheep, which maintain a spare existence on the heather and moor-grasses. 1928 M. A. Johnstone Plant Ecol. viii. 93 Where water lodges even very plentifully the dominant grass is the purple moor-grass. 1950 W. H. Pearsall Mountains & Moorlands ix. 179 The moor-grass may be found growing on oxygen-poor peats with a moderately high salt content and low acidity. 1972 Country Life 13 Jan. 104/1 There was a telling use of..a cultivated form of the extremely common purple moor grass. 1987 Nat. World Winter 16/3 Similarly, the species-richness of the bogs relies on intensive grazing to suppress the otherwise aggressive purple moor-grass. blue moor grass 1. A moorland grass; spec. (a) a grass of the genus Sesleria, esp. S. caerulea, found in limestone pasture in Ireland and northern England (more fully blue moor grass); (b) the coarse grass Molinia caerulea, often dominant in heath and moorland (more fully purple moor grass, †blue moor grass). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > other grasses feather-top grass1597 hooded matweed1597 millet grass1597 spring grass1643 moor grass1749 melic1762 finger grass1767 feather-grass1776 aegilops1777 oat-grass1802 prairie grass1812 oat-grass1814 tansy mustard1856 purple moor grass1859 whorl-grass1861 Molinia1866 onion grass1868 káns1874 Turk's-head grass1882 Pangola finger-grass1947 tor grass1954 bush-grass- 1544 in C. Rogers Rental Bk. Cupar-Angus (1880) II. 225 ij acris of outfeld land to be gevin to ane mwre gres. 1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIV. 316 [The hills] are covered with heath, and what we call lubba, a sort of grass which feeds our cattle in the summer time; it generally consists of different species of carices, plain bent, and other moor grasses. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 140 at Sesleria S. cærulea..Blue Moor-grass. 1858 A. Irvine Illustr. Handbk. Brit. Plants 210 Sesleria, Arduin. Moor Grass. 1858 A. Irvine Illustr. Handbk. Brit. Plants 211 S. cærulea, Ard. Blue Moor Grass. 1859 L. H. Grindon Manch. Flora 439 Purple Moor-grass... Everywhere on heaths and moors. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 748/2 Of the three described species, one is a native of Britain, M[olinia] cærulea, the blue Moor-grass. 1900 Archæol. Æliana 22 80 Black-faced sheep, which maintain a spare existence on the heather and moor-grasses. 1928 M. A. Johnstone Plant Ecol. viii. 93 Where water lodges even very plentifully the dominant grass is the purple moor-grass. 1950 W. H. Pearsall Mountains & Moorlands ix. 179 The moor-grass may be found growing on oxygen-poor peats with a moderately high salt content and low acidity. 1972 Country Life 13 Jan. 104/1 There was a telling use of..a cultivated form of the extremely common purple moor grass. 1987 Nat. World Winter 16/3 Similarly, the species-richness of the bogs relies on intensive grazing to suppress the otherwise aggressive purple moor-grass. < as lemmas |
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