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Setaria glauca

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)



   {Pigeon grass} (Bot.), a kind of foxtail grass ({Setaria
      glauca}), of some value as fodder. The seeds are eagerly
      eaten by pigeons and other birds.

   {Pigeon hawk}. (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) A small American falcon ({Falco columbarius}). The
          adult male is dark slate-blue above, streaked with
          black on the back; beneath, whitish or buff, streaked
          with brown. The tail is banded.
      (b) The American sharp-shinned hawk ({Accipiter velox, or
          fuscus}).

   {Pigeon hole}.
      (a) A hole for pigeons to enter a pigeon house.
      (b) See {Pigeonhole}.
      (c) pl. An old English game, in which balls were rolled
          through little arches. --Halliwell.

   {Pigeon house}, a dovecote.

   {Pigeon pea} (Bot.), the seed of {Cajanus Indicus}; a kind of
      pulse used for food in the East and West Indies; also, the
      plant itself.

   {Pigeon plum} (Bot.), the edible drupes of two West African
      species of {Chrysobalanus} ({C. ellipticus} and {C.
      luteus}).

   {Pigeon tremex}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Tremex}.

   {Pigeon wood} (Bot.), a name in the West Indies for the wood
      of several very different kinds of trees, species of
      {Dipholis}, {Diospyros}, and {Coccoloba}.

   {Pigeon woodpecker} (Zo["o]l.), the flicker.

   {Prairie pigeon}. (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) The upland plover.
      (b) The golden plover. [Local, U.S.]

Bottle \Bot"tle\, n. [OE. bote, botelle, OF. botel, bouteille,
   F. bouteille, fr. LL. buticula, dim. of butis, buttis, butta,
   flask. Cf. {Butt} a cask.]
   1. A hollow vessel, usually of glass or earthenware (but
      formerly of leather), with a narrow neck or mouth, for
      holding liquids.

   2. The contents of a bottle; as much as a bottle contains;
      as, to drink a bottle of wine.

   3. Fig.: Intoxicating liquor; as, to drown one's reason in
      the bottle.

   Note: Bottle is much used adjectively, or as the first part
         of a compound.

   {Bottle ale}, bottled ale. [Obs.] --Shak.

   {Bottle brush}, a cylindrical brush for cleansing the
      interior of bottles.

   {Bottle fish} (Zo["o]l.), a kind of deep-sea eel
      ({Saccopharynx ampullaceus}), remarkable for its baglike
      gullet, which enables it to swallow fishes two or three
      times its won size.

   {Bottle flower}. (Bot.) Same as {Bluebottle}.

   {Bottle glass}, a coarse, green glass, used in the
      manufacture of bottles. --Ure.

   {Bottle gourd} (Bot.), the common gourd or calabash
      ({Lagenaria Vulgaris}), whose shell is used for bottles,
      dippers, etc.

   {Bottle grass} (Bot.), a nutritious fodder grass ({Setaria
      glauca} and {S. viridis}); -- called also {foxtail}, and
      {green foxtail}.

   {Bottle tit} (Zo["o]l.), the European long-tailed titmouse;
      -- so called from the shape of its nest.

   {Bottle tree} (Bot.), an Australian tree ({Sterculia
      rupestris}), with a bottle-shaped, or greatly swollen,
      trunk.

   {Feeding bottle}, {Nursing bottle}, a bottle with a rubber
      nipple (generally with an intervening tube), used in
      feeding infants.

資料來源 : WordNet®

Setaria glauca
     n : common weedy and bristly grass found in nearly all temperate
         areas [syn: {yellow bristlegrass}, {yellow bristle grass},
          {yellow foxtail}, {glaucous bristlegrass}]
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