单词 | totora |
释义 | totoran. A perennial bulrush, Scirpus totora, native to alpine lakes in Peru and Bolivia. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > bulrush or club-rush bulrushc1440 holrushc1440 glagol1480 cat's tail1548 reedmace1548 Typha1548 sun's brow1567 marsh beetle1578 marsh pestle1578 mat-rush1578 pole rush1578 water torch1578 water cat's-tail1597 ditch-down1611 doda1661 club-rush1677 deer-hair1777 club-grass1787 draw-ling1795 raupo1823 tule1837 boulder1847 blackheads1850 cat-o'-nine-tails1858 flax-tail1861 bull-sedge1879 mace reed1901 totora1936 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [adjective] > of or relating to types of aquatic grass scirpean1656 totora1958 1936 Discovery Dec. 372/2 The ‘totora’..is still used by the Indians of Lake Titicaca to make nets and cordage. 1958 A. Toynbee East to West vi. 17 The cattle wade out, breast-deep, to crop the tender shoots of the totóra reed. 1971 P. Crampton tr. T. Heyerdahl Ra Exped. vi. 110 I knew that the totora reed in America was capable of long sea voyages. 1974 T. Morrison Land above Clouds 142 For centuries, the Indians around Titicaca have used the Totora for making their reed boats. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1936 |
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