单词 | summer grass |
释义 | > as lemmassummer grass summer grass n. (a) the grass of summer; grass which grows or seeds in the summer; (b) Australian and New Zealand any of several grasses regarded as weeds, esp. the introduced annual species hairy finger-grass, Digitaria sanguinalis, and tropical finger-grass, D. ciliaris. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > herb or herbaceous plant > [noun] > herbage or grass grasseOE turfc890 herbc1384 herbage1390 herberiea1400 verdure1447 summer grass1531 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > panic grasses panic?1440 summer grass1531 panicle1577 manna-grass1597 panic grass1597 panicum1739 crab-grass1743 witchgrass1790 old-witch grass1859 vine-bamboo1871 Vandyke1889 1531–2 in D. Laing Reg. Domus de Soltre (1861) 196 Sext part of the land of the Blair..will steide for part of hors corne and part of sommer girs nocht put in this compute. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) i. i. 66 Which..Grew like the Summer Grasse, fastest by Night. View more context for this quotation 1766 C. Varlo Treat. Agric. (new ed.) II. vi. 27 They [sc. calves and foals] go weak and poor into the summer grass. 1846 Sydney Morning Herald 28 Feb. 2/6 The grass called joint grass, or water or summer grass. 1882 ‘Ouida’ In Maremma I. 3 The rich loads of summer-grass or grain. 1959 Changing Times Aug. 40/1 I would fertilize and mow the rye grass regularly to give my summer grass a better chance next spring. 2003 N.Z. Plant Protection 56 215 Grasses present at these sites included: summer grass (Digitaria sanguinalis),..and rough bristle grass (Setaria verticillata). 2012 Church Times 29 June 48/5 I see him sprawling in summer grass, and watching butterflies. < as lemmas |
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