marish 音标拼音: [m'ɛrɪʃ]
n . 沼泽
a . 沼泽的
沼泽沼泽的
Marsh \
Marsh \,
n . [
OE .
mersch ,
AS .
mersc ,
fr .
mere lake .
See {
Mere }
pool ,
and cf . {
Marish }, {
Morass }.]
A tract of soft wet land ,
commonly covered partially or wholly with water ;
a fen ;
a swamp ;
a morass . [
Written also {
marish }.]
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Marsh asphodel } (
Bot .),
a plant ({
Nartheeium ossifragum })
with linear equitant leaves ,
and a raceme of small white flowers ; --
called also {
bog asphodel }.
{
Marsh cinquefoil } (
Bot .),
a plant ({
Potentilla palustris })
having purple flowers ,
and found growing in marshy places ;
marsh five -
finger .
{
Marsh elder }. (
Bot .)
(
a )
The guelder -
rose or cranberry tree ({
Viburnum Opulus }).
(
b )
In the United States ,
a composite shrub growing in salt marshes ({
Iva frutescens }).
{
Marsh five -
finger }. (
Bot .)
See {
Marsh cinquefoil } (
above ).
{
Marsh gas }. (
Chem .)
See under {
Gas }.
{
Marsh grass } (
Bot .),
a genus ({
Spartina })
of coarse grasses growing in marshes ; --
called also {
cord grass }.
The tall {
Spartina cynosuroides }
is not good for hay unless cut very young .
The low {
Spartina juncea }
is a common component of salt hay .
{
Marsh harrier } (
Zool .),
a European hawk or harrier ({
Circus aeruginosus }); --
called also {
marsh hawk }, {
moor hawk },
{
moor buzzard }, {
puttock }.
{
Marsh hawk }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
A hawk or harrier ({
Circus cyaneus }),
native of both America and Europe .
The adults are bluish slate above ,
with a white rump .
Called also {
hen harrier },
and {
mouse hawk }.
(
b )
The marsh harrier .
{
Marsh hen } (
Zool .),
a rail ;
esp ., {
Rallus elegans }
of fresh -
water marshes ,
and {
Rallus longirostris }
of salt -
water marshes .
{
Marsh mallow } (
Bot .),
a plant of the genus {
Althaea } (
{
Althaea officinalis })
common in marshes near the seashore ,
and whose root is much used in medicine as a demulcent .
{
Marsh marigold }. (
Bot .)
See in the Vocabulary .
{
Marsh pennywort } (
Bot .),
any plant of the umbelliferous genus {
Hydrocotyle };
low herbs with roundish leaves ,
growing in wet places ; --
called also {
water pennywort }.
{
Marsh quail } (
Zool .),
the meadow lark .
{
Marsh rosemary } (
Bot .),
a plant of the genus {
Statice }
({
Statice Limonium }),
common in salt marshes .
Its root is powerfully astringent ,
and is sometimes used in medicine .
Called also {
sea lavender }.
{
Marsh samphire } (
Bot .),
a plant ({
Salicornia herbacea })
found along seacoasts .
See {
Glasswort }.
{
Marsh St .
John '
s -
wort } (
Bot .),
an American herb ({
Elodes Virginica })
with small opposite leaves and flesh -
colored flowers .
{
Marsh tea }. (
Bot .).
Same as {
Labrador tea }.
{
Marsh trefoil }. (
Bot .)
Same as {
Buckbean }.
{
Marsh wren } (
Zool .),
any species of small American wrens of the genus {
Cistothorus },
and allied genera .
They chiefly inhabit salt marshes .
[
1913 Webster ]
Marish \
Mar "
ish \ (
m [
a ^]
r "[
i ^]
sh ),
n . [
Cf .
F .
marais ,
LL .
marascus .
See {
Marsh }.]
Low ,
wet ground ;
a marsh ;
a fen ;
a bog ;
a moor . [
Archaic ]
--
Milton . --
Tennyson .
[
1913 Webster ]
Marish \
Mar "
ish \,
a .
1 .
Moory ;
fenny ;
boggy . [
Archaic ]
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Growing in marshes . "
Marish flowers ." --
Tennyson .
[
1913 Webster ]
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