| 单词 | wheat-grass |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswheat-grass wheat-grass n. (a) name for various species of the genus Triticum, esp. couch-grass, T. repens; (b) a creeping perennial grass of the genus Agropyron. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > wheatgrass wheat-grass1668 sea-wheatgrass1796 sea-wheat1839 the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > grasses perceived as weeds > [noun] > couch-grass quitcheOE quicka1400 quicken?c1425 couch-grass1578 twitch1588 twitch grass1588 dog grass1597 sea dog's grass1597 quick grass1617 couch1637 wheat-grass1668 scutch1686 quickenings1762 quicken grass1771 spear-grass1784 squitch1785 witchgrass1790 felt1794 dog-wheat1796 creeping wheat1819 quack1822 switch-grass1840 couch-wheat1884 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 73 Wheat-grass..either the greater used for the making of frails: or the lesser. 1762 W. Hudson Flora Anglica 45 Common Wheat-grass, Dog's-grass, Quick-grass or Couch-grass. 1766 Museum Rusticum 6 442 Common Wheat-grass, or Couch-grass. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 173 Sea Wheat-grass. Rush Wheat. 1871 Harper's Mag. July 187/2 Among the more important of these plants the wheat-grass stands pre-eminent. 1968 F. W. Gould Grass Systematics 186 Several species of Agropyron are important forage grasses on western rangelands, outstanding among which are..bluebunch wheatgrass, and..western wheatgrass. < as lemmas |
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