| 单词 | canary seed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasCanary seed Canary seed n. the shiny brown seed of the grass Phalaris canariensis, commonly used as birdseed; such seeds collectively; (also) a plant producing such a seed (= Canary grass n. (a) at sense 1c). [Originally after early modern Dutch saet van Canarien (1554 in Dodoens, or earlier: see quot. 1578). In later use probably often understood as ‘seed for canaries’ (canary n.5 1).] extracted from Canaryn.1< as lemmas |
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