stickgrassn.

Brit.

/ˈstɪkɡrɑːs/,

/ˈstɪkɡras/, U.S.

/ˈstɪkˌɡræs/, South African English

/ˈstɪkɡræs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Dutch lexical item. Etymons: stick v.¹, grass n.¹

Etymology: < stick v.¹ + grass n.¹, after South African Dutch steekgras (see steekgras n.).

South African.

= steekgras n.

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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

1838 J. E. Alexander Exped. Discov. Interior Afr. I. ix. 237 The Boschmans have a peculiar mode of fishing in the 'Oup river; they make conical baskets of stick grass, which is as thick and hard as quills.

1892 Belford's Monthly Oct. 668 A bed of stick-grass, which was ready to harvest and simply bristling with seeds.

1910 Times 5 Nov. 27/3 Some farms, where the objectionable ‘stick grass’ flourishes, and where woolled sheep do not thrive, owing to the seed working into the skin.

1975 Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. XI. 382 Stick-grass or steekgras (Aristida congesta) is a biennial pioneer grass.

2001 Rev. Afr. Polit. Econ. 28 20 The palatable shiny hair grass—Stipagrostis uniplumis; and the less nutritious stick grass—Aristida stipidata.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	stickgrass
释义	stickgrassn. Brit. /ˈstɪkɡrɑːs/, /ˈstɪkɡras/, U.S. /ˈstɪkˌɡræs/, South African English /ˈstɪkɡræs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Dutch lexical item. Etymons: stick v.¹, grass n.¹ Etymology: < stick v.¹ + grass n.¹, after South African Dutch steekgras (see steekgras n.). South African. = steekgras n. 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 1838 J. E. Alexander Exped. Discov. Interior Afr. I. ix. 237 The Boschmans have a peculiar mode of fishing in the 'Oup river; they make conical baskets of stick grass, which is as thick and hard as quills. 1892 Belford's Monthly Oct. 668 A bed of stick-grass, which was ready to harvest and simply bristling with seeds. 1910 Times 5 Nov. 27/3 Some farms, where the objectionable ‘stick grass’ flourishes, and where woolled sheep do not thrive, owing to the seed working into the skin. 1975 Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. XI. 382 Stick-grass or steekgras (Aristida congesta) is a biennial pioneer grass. 2001 Rev. Afr. Polit. Econ. 28 20 The palatable shiny hair grass—Stipagrostis uniplumis; and the less nutritious stick grass—Aristida stipidata. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1838
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