Meaning of AGROSTIS
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| | Definition: | | [n] annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere: bent grass (so named from `bent' meaning an area of unfenced grassland) |
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| | Synonyms: | | genus Agrostis |
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| | See Also: | | bent, bent grass, bentgrass, family Graminaceae, family Gramineae, family Poaceae, Graminaceae, Gramineae, grass family, plant genus, Poaceae | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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