melick

British

/ ˈmɛlɪk /

noun

either of two pale green perennial grasses of the genus Melica, related to fescue, esp wood melick ( M. uniflora ) having branching flower heads, that are common in woodlands

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Etymology

Origin of melick

New Latin melica, of unknown origin

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Cusha!" all along, Where the reedy Lindis floweth, Floweth, floweth; From the meads where melick groweth Faintly came her milking song, "Cusha!

From School Reading by Grades Sixth Year by James Baldwin

Cusha!" all along; Where the reedy Lindis floweth, Floweth, floweth, From the meads where melick groweth Faintly came her milking song— "Cusha!

From Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library by Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) Burt

Cusha!" all along; Where the reedy Lindis floweth, Floweth, floweth, From the meads where melick groweth Faintly came her milking song: "Cusha!

From Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two by Various

The wood melick is another elegant and suitable plant.

From Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. by Montagu Browne

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