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词汇 pearl grass
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Definition of pearl grass in English:

pearl grass

(also purl grass, pirl grass)
noun ˈpəːl ɡrɑːsˈpəːl ɡras
  • 1The large quaking grass, Briza maxima, especially a variety with albino spikelets, grown for ornament.

  • 2The onion couch, Arrhenatherum elatius var. bulbosum. Also (occasionally): the common couch grass, Elymus repens.

Origin

Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Johnson (d. 1644), apothecary and soldier. From pearl + grass.

Definition of pearl grass in US English:

pearl grass

(also purl grass, pirl grass)
noun
  • 1The large quaking grass, Briza maxima, especially a variety with albino spikelets, grown for ornament.

  • 2The onion couch, Arrhenatherum elatius var. bulbosum. Also (occasionally): the common couch grass, Elymus repens.

Origin

Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Johnson (d. 1644), apothecary and soldier. From pearl + grass.

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