| 单词 | witchgrass |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswitchgrass witchgrass n. North American (a) couch grass, Elymus repens; (b) a North American bunch grass, Panicum capillare, frequently regarded as a weed. Panicum capillare is also called old-witch grass. ΘΚΠ 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 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 1790 S. Deane New-Eng. Farmer 230/2 Quitch-grass, called also Witch-Grass, Twitch-Grass, Couch-Grass, Dutch-Grass, and Dogs-Grass, a most obstinate and troublesome weed. 1875 Flora Canada 27 P[anicum] capillare—Witch Grass. 1910 Rhodora 12 27 With the exception of the well known garden-weed, Witch-grass or Quick-grass (Agropyron repens), they are ordinarily overlooked by any one but the technical botanist. 1969 D. F. Costello Prairie World 21 Spring-flowering grasses include buffalo grass (Buchloë dactyloides), poverty oat grass (Danthonia spicata), Indian ricegrass (Oryzopsis hymenoides), witchgrass (Panicum capillare), and sand dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus). 2017 @TamlynRogers 4 Aug. in twitter.com (accessed 25 Nov. 2020) Witchgrass grows wild at the roadside. < as lemmas |
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