standergrass
(ˈstændəgrɑːs, -æ-)
Forms: 6 standard-, 7– stander grass.
[f. stander- (alteration of standel- in standelwort) + grass n.]
A name applied to Orchis mascula and allied plants.
| 1578 [see standelwort]. 1579 Langham Gard. Health 450 Orchis, or Standard grasse. 1597 Gerarde Herbal i. cii. 169 The first is called in Latine Testiculus Odoratus: in English..sweete Cullions and Standergrasse. 1610 Fletcher Faithful Sheph. ii. i, Therefore foule Standergrasse, from me and mine I banish thee, with lustful Turpentine. 1863 Prior Plant-n., Standerwort, or Standergrass..Orchis mascula. |