| 单词 |
danthonia |
| 释义 |
danthonia Bot.|dænˈθəʊnɪə| [mod.L. (de Candolle & Lamarck Flore Française (1805) III. 32), irreg. f. the name of Étienne Danthoine, Fr. botanist + -ia1.] A member of a large genus of tufted perennial pasture grasses so named, chiefly of Australia and New Zealand.
[1863Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci. II. 182 Danthonia Californica (California Oat Grass)..on borders of cultivated fields near the bay of Oakland. 1870Trans. N.Z. Inst. II. 104 Danthonia semi-annularis, a variable grass found in nearly all soils and situations throughout the colony.] 1918N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. 20 Mar. 135 On poor tussock country..the use of danthonia invariably increases the carrying capacity. 1921H. Guthrie-Smith Tutira xix. 167 On hard hill-tops and narrow ridges and knobs, danthonia and micrœlena had grouped themselves in little companies. 1952A. R. D. Fairburn Three Poems 59 In time of drought The danthonia shines like a flame. 1955Landfall IX. 108 The paddock of dry danthonia grass. |

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