资料来源 : 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.
资料来源 : 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}]