| 单词 | bluejoint grass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbluejoint grass bluejoint n. North American (more fully bluejoint grass) any of several grasses with bluish stems; esp. the perennial reed-grass Calamagrostis canadensis, which is widespread in North America and used for grazing; cf. bluestem n. ΚΠ 1819 C. F. Grece Facts & Observ. Canada & U.S.A. 27 The white honey-suckle clover is an indigenous grass..The same may be observed of the great meadow grasses; the silver grass, the Cyprus or blue-joint, and some few others. 1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 308/1 (Nebraska) Blue-joint (Andropogon furcatus, &c.) grasses. 1913 W. C. Barnes Western Grazing Grounds 65 The local names blue stem and blue joint..are variously applied to Agropyron, Andropogon and Calamagrostis. 1940 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 5 Jan. 12/5 Bluejoint seems to have the ability to carry calves through a severe cold spell with little shrinkage. 2006 Jrnl. Wildlife Managem. 70 444/1 Low-lying sites were dominated by meadows of bluejoint grass (Calamagrostis canadensis). < as lemmas |
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