| 单词 | broom-straw |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbroom-straw broom-straw n. U.S. the straw of broom corn; (also) the plant itself. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > straw > types of stubble1382 rye straw?1523 kex1550 helm1669 broom-straw1785 Leghorn1817 Tuscan grass1830 buntal1910 baku1927 sisal1928 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > millet > Indian millet > Indian millet plant or panicle millc1450 millet1548 Saracen's corn1585 sorghum1597 Guinea corn1697 whisk1757 broom-straw1785 kaffir corn1785 jowari1800 jowar1801 chicken corna1817 broom corn1819 mabela1824 cholum1858 Texas millet1858 dura1882 pearl millet1887 kaoliang1904 proso1907 milo1920 1785 G. Washington Diary (1925) II. 365 Tussics of broom Straw. 1837 Southern Lit. Messenger 3 217 In the centre of a large field of broom-straw..stood the house. 1840 J. Buel Farmer's Compan. 18 They still produce what we call hengrass, broom-straw, and, ever and anon, a starveling pine. 1846 J. J. Hooper Some Adventures Simon Suggs (1851) iii. 38 He wont be able to step over the butt cut of a broom straw. 1889 P. A. Bruce Plantation Negro 220 A growth of briars or broomstraw. 1890 Harper's Mag. Dec. 111/1 All who are so lucky as to have first seen the light amid its broom-straw fields and ragged forests. 1895 Outing (U.S.) 27 76/1 We dropped silently in a patch of broom-straw. < as lemmas |
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