单词 | pingao |
释义 | pingao|ˈpiːŋaɔ| Also pingau. [Maori.] A New Zealand sedge, Desmoschœnus spiralis, with creeping underground stems which help to stabilize sand-dunes.
1855J. D. Hooker Flora Novæ-Zelandiæ I. 272 Desmoschœnus spiralis... Nat[ive] name, ‘Pingao’. 1905W. B. Where White Man Treads 2 White seashore sandhills..for..the wind..to pile into hillocks, until the wily pingau (native sand grass), creeping snakelike along,.. bound [them] into masses. 1936[see kakaho]. 1949P. H. Buck Coming of Maori ii. iv. 156 The only other native colour to black, used in plaiting, was yellow obtained by using wefts of pingao, the leaves of which are a natural yellow. 1970Moore & Edgar Flora N.Z. II. 171 Pingao... This is a well-known plant because it is an effective sand-binder and also because the Maoris used the dried golden leaves to give colour to articles woven from Phormium. |

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