| slovo | definícia |
Scirpus lacustris
(gcide) | Mat \Mat\, n. [AS. matt, meatt, fr. L. matta a mat made of
rushes.]
1. A thick flat fabric of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw,
hemp, or similar material, placed on the floor and used
for wiping and cleaning shoes at the door, for covering
the floor of a hall or room to protect its surface, and
for other purposes.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
2. Any similar flat object made of fabric or other material,
such as rubber or plastic, placed flat on a surface for
various uses, as for covering plant houses, putting
beneath dishes or lamps on a table, securing rigging from
friction, and the like.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
3. Anything growing thickly, or closely interwoven, so as to
resemble a mat in form or texture; as, a mat of weeds; a
mat of hair.
[1913 Webster]
4. An ornamental border made of paper, pasterboard, metal,
etc., put under the glass which covers a framed picture;
as, the mat of a daguerreotype.
[1913 Webster]
Mat grass. (Bot.)
(a) A low, tufted, European grass (Nardus stricta).
(b) Same as Matweed.
Mat rush (Bot.), a kind of rush (Scirpus lacustris) used
in England for making mats.
[1913 Webster] |
Scirpus lacustris
(gcide) | Tule \Tu"le\, n. [Mex.] (Bot.)
A large bulrush (Scirpus lacustris, and Scirpus Tatora)
growing abundantly on overflowed land in California and
elsewhere.
[1913 Webster]
[1913 Webster] |
Scirpus lacustris
(gcide) | Bulrush \Bul"rush`\ (b[.u]l"r[u^]sh`), n. [OE. bulrysche,
bolroysche; of uncertain origin, perh. fr. bole stem + rush.]
(Bot.)
A kind of large rush, growing in wet land or in water.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The name bulrush is applied in England especially to
the cat-tail (Typha latifolia and {Typha
angustifolia}) and to the lake club-rush ({Scirpus
lacustris}); in America, to the Juncus effusus, and
also to species of Scirpus or club-rush.
[1913 Webster] |
| |