Sentence examples for summer grass from inspiring English sources

The Cordyceps sinensis fungus is known locally as Yartsa Gunbu or "summer grass winter worm", named after the transformation that takes place as it devours its host, the ghost moth caterpillar, from inside out during the latter's hibernation on the mountain grasslands.

Mr. Li said that before 2007, Ms. Gu had been taking a rare and expensive herbal medicine that the Chinese call "winter worm, summer grass" for longevity and better health.

In summer, grass clippings would be her delight.

Certain breeds of cattle grow faster and taste better on summer grass than others.

Today, Gruinard is cleansed and once again sheep graze there on the summer grass.

I loafe and invite my soul, I lean and loafe at my ease... observing a spear of summer grass.

Here, using two complementary DNA barcode marker genes (rbcL and ITS2), we characterize the spatial and temporal distribution of airborne grass pollen throughout the temperate summer grass-pollen season (May August) across the latitudinal and longitudinal range of Great Britain (Fig. 1).

It is treeless and, in summer, grasses and Arctic alpine flowers abound.

However, the optimal annual rainfall is between 1000 and 1500 mm (Grass [2009]).

It is in many ways my favourite time: mossy, magical: the long late summer grass, the first arrival of the winter fowl, the emptying of the beaches.

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