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Agrostis
(gcide) | Agrostis \A*gros"tis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.]
A genus of grasses, including species called in common
language bent grass. Some of them, as redtop ({Agrostis
vulgaris}), are valuable pasture grasses.
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agrostis
(wn) | Agrostis
n 1: annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern
hemisphere: bent grass (so named from `bent' meaning an
area of unfenced grassland) [syn: Agrostis, {genus
Agrostis}] |
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Agrostis
(gcide) | Agrostis \A*gros"tis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.]
A genus of grasses, including species called in common
language bent grass. Some of them, as redtop ({Agrostis
vulgaris}), are valuable pasture grasses.
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Agrostis alba
(gcide) | Fiorin \Fi"o*rin\, n. [Cf. Ir. fiothran a sort of grass.] (Bot.)
A species of creeping bent grass (Agrostis alba); -- called
also fiorin grass.
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Agrostis scabra
(gcide) | Flyaway grass \Flyaway grass\ (Bot.)
The hair grass (Agrostis scabra). So called from its light
panicle, which is blown to great distances by the wind.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Hair grass \Hair" grass`\ (gr[.a]s`). (Bot.)
A grass with very slender leaves or branches; as the
Agrostis scabra, and several species of Aira or
Deschampsia.
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Agrostis Spica-ventis
(gcide) | Windlestrae \Win"dle*strae`\, Windlestraw \Win"dle*straw`\, n.
(Bot.)
A grass used for making ropes or for plaiting, esp. {Agrostis
Spica-ventis}. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Shelley.
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Agrostis vulgaris
(gcide) | Barnyard grass, for hay. South. Panicum Grus-galli. Bent,
pasture and hay. Agrostis, several species. Bermuda grass,
pasture. South. Cynodon Dactylon. Black bent. Same as {Switch
grass} (below). Blue bent, hay. North and West. {Andropogon
provincialis}. Blue grass, pasture. Poa compressa. Blue joint,
hay. Northwest. Aqropyrum glaucum. Buffalo grass, grazing.
Rocky Mts., etc.
(a) Buchlo["e] dectyloides.
(b) Same as Grama grass (below). Bunch grass, grazing.
Far West. Eriocoma, Festuca, Stips, etc. Chess,
or Cheat, a weed. Bromus secalinus, etc. Couch
grass. Same as Quick grass (below). Crab grass,
(a) Hay, in South. A weed, in North. Panicum sanguinale.
(b) Pasture and hay. South. Eleusine Indica. Darnel
(a) Bearded, a noxious weed. Lolium temulentum.
(b) Common. Same as Rye grass (below). Drop seed, fair
for forage and hay. Muhlenbergia, several species.
English grass. Same as Redtop (below). Fowl meadow
grass.
(a) Pasture and hay. Poa serotina.
(b) Hay, on moist land. Gryceria nervata. Gama grass,
cut fodder. South. Tripsacum dactyloides. Grama
grass, grazing. West and Pacific slope. {Bouteloua
oligostachya}, etc. Great bunch grass, pasture and
hay. Far West. Festuca scabrella. Guinea grass, hay.
South. Panicum jumentorum. Herd's grass, in New
England Timothy, in Pennsylvania and South Redtop.
Indian grass. Same as Wood grass (below). Italian
rye grass, forage and hay. Lolium Italicum. Johnson
grass, grazing and hay. South and Southwest. {Sorghum
Halepense}. Kentucky blue grass, pasture. {Poa
pratensis}. Lyme grass, coarse hay. South. Elymus,
several species. Manna grass, pasture and hay.
Glyceria, several species. Meadow fescue, pasture
and hay. Festuca elatior. Meadow foxtail, pasture,
hay, lawn. North. Alopecurus pratensis. Meadow
grass, pasture, hay, lawn. Poa, several species.
Mesquite grass, or Muskit grass. Same as Grama grass
(above). Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed.
Muhlenbergia diffsa. Orchard grass, pasture and hay.
Dactylis glomerata. Porcupine grass, troublesome to
sheep. Northwest. Stipa spartea. Quaking grass,
ornamental. Briza media and maxima. Quitch, or
Quick, grass, etc., a weed. Agropyrum repens. Ray
grass. Same as Rye grass (below). Redtop, pasture
and hay. Agrostis vulgaris. Red-topped buffalo
grass, forage. Northwest. Poa tenuifolia. Reed
canary grass, of slight value. Phalaris arundinacea.
Reed meadow grass, hay. North. Glyceria aquatica.
Ribbon grass, a striped leaved form of {Reed canary
grass}. Rye grass, pasture, hay. Lolium perenne,
var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work, etc. North.
Hierochloa borealis. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama
grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native
in Northern Europe and Asia. Festuca ovina. Small
reed grass, meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia
Canadensis}. Spear grass, Same as Meadow grass
(above). Squirrel-tail grass, troublesome to animals.
Seacoast and Northwest. Hordeum jubatum. Switch
grass, hay, cut young. Panicum virgatum. Timothy,
cut young, the best of hay. North. Phleum pratense.
Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus
lanatus}. Vernal grass, pasture, hay, lawn.
Anthoxanthum odoratum. Wire grass, valuable in
pastures. Poa compressa. Wood grass, Indian grass,
hay. Chrysopogon nutans.
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Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not
true grasses botanically considered, such as black
grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.
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Black grass, a kind of small rush (Juncus Gerardi),
growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.
Grass of the Andes, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum
avenaceum} of Europe.
Grass of Parnassus, a plant of the genus Parnassia
growing in wet ground. The European species is {Parnassia
palustris}; in the United States there are several
species.
Grass bass (Zool.), the calico bass.
Grass bird, the dunlin.
Grass cloth, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the
grass-cloth plant.
Grass-cloth plant, a perennial herb of the Nettle family
(B[oe]hmeria nivea syn. Urtica nivea), which grows in
Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and
strong fibers suited for textile purposes.
Grass finch. (Zool.)
(a) A common American sparrow ({Po["o]c[ae]tes
gramineus}); -- called also vesper sparrow and
bay-winged bunting.
(b) Any Australian finch, of the genus Po["e]phila, of
which several species are known.
Grass lamb, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land
and giving rich milk.
Grass land, land kept in grass and not tilled.
Grass moth (Zool.), one of many small moths of the genus
Crambus, found in grass.
Grass oil, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in
India from grasses of the genus Andropogon, etc.; --
used in perfumery under the name of citronella, {ginger
grass oil}, lemon grass oil, essence of verbena etc.
Grass owl (Zool.), a South African owl (Strix Capensis).
Grass parrakeet (Zool.), any of several species of
Australian parrots, of the genus Euphemia; -- also
applied to the zebra parrakeet.
Grass plover (Zool.), the upland or field plover.
Grass poly (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum
Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.
Crass quit (Zool.), one of several tropical American
finches of the genus Euetheia. The males have most of
the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.
Grass snake. (Zool.)
(a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus
natrix}).
(b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.
See Green snake, under Green.
Grass snipe (Zool.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa
maculata}); -- called also jacksnipe in America.
Grass spider (Zool.), a common spider (Agelena n[ae]via),
which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous when covered
with dew.
Grass sponge (Zool.), an inferior kind of commercial sponge
from Florida and the Bahamas.
Grass table. (Arch.) See Earth table, under Earth.
Grass vetch (Bot.), a vetch (Lathyrus Nissolia), with
narrow grasslike leaves.
Grass widow. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.
strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[aum]senka a grass widow.]
(a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]
(b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or
prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her
husband. [Slang.]
Grass wrack (Bot.) eelgrass.
To bring to grass (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the
surface of the ground.
To put to grass, To put out to grass, to put out to graze
a season, as cattle.
[1913 Webster]Redtop \Red"top`\ (-t?p`), n. (Bot.)
A kind of grass (Agrostis vulgaris) highly valued in the
United States for pasturage and hay for cattle; -- called
also English grass, and in some localities herd's grass.
See Illustration in Appendix. The tall redtop is {Triodia
seslerioides}.
[1913 Webster]Agrostis \A*gros"tis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.]
A genus of grasses, including species called in common
language bent grass. Some of them, as redtop ({Agrostis
vulgaris}), are valuable pasture grasses.
[1913 Webster] AgrostographicBent \Bent\, n. [AS. beonet; akin to OHG. pinuz, G. binse, rush,
bent grass; of unknown origin.]
1. A reedlike grass; a stalk of stiff, coarse grass.
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His spear a bent, both stiff and strong. --Drayton.
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2. (Bot.) A grass of the genus Agrostis, esp. {Agrostis
vulgaris}, or redtop. The name is also used of many other
grasses, esp. in America.
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3. Any neglected field or broken ground; a common; a moor.
[Obs.] --Wright.
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Bowmen bickered upon the bent. --Chevy Chase.
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Eragrostis
(gcide) | Eragrostis \Eragrostis\ n.
a genus of annual or perennial grasses of tropics and
subtropics.
Syn: genus Eragrostis.
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Eragrostis curvula
(gcide) | weeping love grass \weeping love grass\ n.
a perennial South African grass (Eragrostis curvula) having
densly clumped flimsy stems; introduced into U.S. esp. for
erosion control.
Syn: African love grass.
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agrostis alba
(wn) | Agrostis alba
n 1: slender European grass of shady places; grown also in
northeastern America and temperate Asia [syn: {wood
meadowgrass}, Poa nemoralis, Agrostis alba] |
agrostis canina
(wn) | Agrostis canina
n 1: common grass with slender stems and narrow leaves [syn:
velvet bent, velvet bent grass, brown bent, {Rhode
Island bent}, dog bent, Agrostis canina] |
agrostis nebulosa
(wn) | Agrostis nebulosa
n 1: Spanish grass with light feathery panicles grown for dried
bouquets [syn: cloud grass, Agrostis nebulosa] |
agrostis palustris
(wn) | Agrostis palustris
n 1: common pasture or lawn grass spread by long runners [syn:
creeping bent, creeping bentgrass, {Agrostis
palustris}] |
calamagrostis
(wn) | Calamagrostis
n 1: reed grass [syn: Calamagrostis, genus Calamagrostis] |
calamagrostis acutiflora
(wn) | Calamagrostis acutiflora
n 1: a variety of reed grass [syn: feather reed grass,
feathertop, Calamagrostis acutiflora] |
eragrostis
(wn) | Eragrostis
n 1: annual or perennial grasses of tropics and subtropics [syn:
Eragrostis, genus Eragrostis] |
eragrostis curvula
(wn) | Eragrostis curvula
n 1: perennial South African grass having densely clumped flimsy
stems; introduced into United States especially for erosion
control [syn: weeping love grass, African love grass,
Eragrostis curvula] |
eragrostis tef
(wn) | Eragrostis tef
n 1: an African grass economically important as a cereal grass
(yielding white flour of good quality) as well as for
forage and hay [syn: teff, teff grass, {Eragrostis
tef}, Eragrostic abyssinica] |
genus agrostis
(wn) | genus Agrostis
n 1: annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern
hemisphere: bent grass (so named from `bent' meaning an
area of unfenced grassland) [syn: Agrostis, {genus
Agrostis}] |
genus calamagrostis
(wn) | genus Calamagrostis
n 1: reed grass [syn: Calamagrostis, genus Calamagrostis] |
genus eragrostis
(wn) | genus Eragrostis
n 1: annual or perennial grasses of tropics and subtropics [syn:
Eragrostis, genus Eragrostis] |
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