资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Tare \Tare\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. tare brisk, eager, OE. tarefitch
the wild vetch.]
1. A weed that grows among wheat and other grain; -- alleged
by modern naturalists to be the {Lolium temulentum}, or
darnel.
Didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? From
whence then hath it tares? --Matt. xiii.
27.
The ``darnel'' is said to be the tares of Scripture,
and is the only deleterious species belonging to the
whole order. --Baird.
2. (Bot.) A name of several climbing or diffuse leguminous
herbs of the genus {Vicia}; especially, the {V. sativa},
sometimes grown for fodder.
Bunch grass, grazing. Far West. {Eriocoma}, {Festuca}, {Stips},
etc. Chess, or Cheat, a weed. {Bromus secalinus}, etc. Couch
grass. Same as {Quick grass} (below). Crab grass,
(a) Hay, in South. A weed, in North. {Panicum sanguinale}.
(b) Pasture and hay. South. {Eleusine Indica}. Darnel
(a) Bearded, a noxious weed. {Lolium temulentum}.
(b) Common. Same as {Rye grass} (below). Drop seed, fair
for forage and hay. {Muhlenbergia}, several species.
English grass. Same as Redtop (below). Fowl meadow
grass.
(a) Pasture and hay. {Poa serotina}.
(b) Hay, on moist land. {Gryceria nervata}. Gama grass,
cut fodder. South. {Tripsacum dactyloides}.
Darnel \Dar"nel\, n. [OE. darnel, dernel, of uncertain origin;
cf. dial. F. darnelle, Sw. d[*a]r-repe; perh. named from a
supposed intoxicating quality of the plant, and akin to Sw.
d[*a]ra to infatuate, OD. door foolish, G. thor fool, and Ee.
dizzy.] (Bot.)
Any grass of the genus {Lolium}, esp. the {Lolium temulentum}
(bearded darnel), the grains of which have been reputed
poisonous. Other species, as {Lolium perenne} (rye grass or
ray grass), and its variety {L. Italicum} (Italian rye
grass), are highly esteemed for pasture and for making hay.
Note: Under darnel our early herbalists comprehended all
kinds of cornfield weeds. --Dr. Prior.
资料来源 : WordNet®
Lolium temulentum
n : weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other
cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
[syn: {darnel}, {tare}, {bearded darnel}, {cheat}]