Sentence examples for wild ground from inspiring English sources

Passing what looked to be the remains of a wild ground orchid, I was instructed in the virtues of "saloop," a drink made from the powder of crushed orchid roots which, for centuries, was the pick-me-up of London's chimney sweeps — "The Ovaltine and Horlicks of its time, with more protein than a filet de boeuf," Luard said.

The term "pink moon" apparently refers to the appearance of a pink flower called the wild ground phlox, according to the Almanac. .

In San Francisco, infection spread from a cycle involving urban rats and their fleas into native wild ground squirrels (Citellus spp).

These are called high-bush blueberries to distinguish them from the wild, ground-hugging low-bush variety common in Maine and New England.

But the restaurant's heart seems to be in its heartier dishes, like a stuffed cabbage with kasha, wild mushrooms, ground pork and ground veal, all kissed by a gentle tomato sauce.

They also question why the MSC is certifying the catching of wild fish ground up into feed for domesticated livestock, and why it tolerates bottom trawling, which can damage the seabed.

9/22 Red Sox can gain more wild card ground today without leaving their beds.

The La Pointe Band was given a reservation at Bad River around the Band's traditional wild ricing grounds, and some reserved land for fishing grounds at the eastern tip of Madeline Island.

As many Westerners are all too aware, black bears are forsaking their wild stomping grounds to patrol backyards and parking lots for nutritious trash.

Using adult, wild-caught ground squirrels and an infrared camera, the team filmed a series of 10-minute encounters that pitted the rodents against rattlesnakes and infrared-insensitive gopher snakes.

A progressive series of luminous sculptural installations wends a mile-long path through the wild wooded grounds, offering site-specific and sometimes interactive engagements with the landscape, especially the trees.