英语词汇timothy grass的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

timothy grass; herd’s grass. Timothy is another, more popu- lar name for herd’s grass, both designations referring to meadow cat’s-tail grass, Phleum pratense, which is native to Eurasia and is widely cultivated for hay in the United States, where it was probably brought by early settlers. Then, in about 1770, one John Herd supposedly found the perennial grass with its spiked or panicled head growing wild near his New Hampshire farm, the grass receiving his name when he began cultivating it shortly thereafter. Timothy Hanson or Hanso gave his prenom- en to the same grass when he quit his New York farm in 1720 and moved to Maryland, or possibly Carolina, introducing Ph- leum pratense seed there. Timothy’s seed became timothy grass when it grew and this was finally shortened to timothy.

词汇	timothy grass
词源	timothy grass; herd’s grass. Timothy is another, more popu- lar name for herd’s grass, both designations referring to meadow cat’s-tail grass, Phleum pratense, which is native to Eurasia and is widely cultivated for hay in the United States, where it was probably brought by early settlers. Then, in about 1770, one John Herd supposedly found the perennial grass with its spiked or panicled head growing wild near his New Hampshire farm, the grass receiving his name when he began cultivating it shortly thereafter. Timothy Hanson or Hanso gave his prenom- en to the same grass when he quit his New York farm in 1720 and moved to Maryland, or possibly Carolina, introducing Ph- leum pratense seed there. Timothy’s seed became timothy grass when it grew and this was finally shortened to timothy.
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