ant rice

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Grass of species Aristida oligantha. uncountable
    — […] LINCECUM HYPOTHESIS The Lincecum Hypothesis, or the ant-rice story, is a strangely romantic idea from the Civil War era that has now lost favor. This controversy revolved around the claim that harvesters not only collect seeds […].

词源

So called because it grows around ant nests in Texas and has been thought to be cultivated by the ants for the sake of its seed.
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