| 单词 | bottom grass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbottom grass bottom grass n. (a) grass growing in low-lying land; grass or similar plants growing on the bed of a body of water; (b) (a type of) thick short grass, as contrasted with that of a longer, sparser growth. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > herb or herbaceous plant > [noun] > herbage or grass > forming characteristic vegetation meadow grassa1300 bottom grass1594 long grass1699 sweet-grass1812 short-grass1826 prairie wool1908 1594 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis (new ed.) sig. Cij Within this limit is reliefe inough, Sweet bottome grass, and high delightfull plaine. 1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 112 The slim water-weeds and oozy bottom-grass. 1846 P. St G. Cooke Jrnl. 12 Dec. in Public Documents U.S. Senate (1849) 38 The bottom grass is very tall and sometimes difficult to pass through. 1893 5th Ann. Rep. Agric. Experiment Station Univ. Tennessee for 1892 66 Kentucky Blue-grass..is not so well adapted for hay as for pasture, but it makes an excellent bottom grass for the meadow. 1946 A. Nelson Princ. Agric. Bot. vi. 116 Some grasses produce short culms, and the great proportion of the leafage is situated near the ground. These are called bottom grasses. 2007 D. Launer Lessons from my Good Old Boat 96 Bottom grass occupies an important place in the ecology of our waters. < as lemmas |
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