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Definition of Pennisetum ruppelii
1. Noun. Tall perennial ornamental grass with long nodding flower plumes of tropical Africa and Asia.
Generic synonyms: Grass
Group relationships: Genus Pennisetum, Pennisetum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pennisetum Ruppelii
Literary usage of Pennisetum ruppelii
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"Pennisetum ruppelii. dark purplish foliage and purplish crimson spikes has recently
been intro. under the name of P. ..."
2. A Manual of Farm Grasses by Albert Spear Hitchcock (1921)
"Fountain Grass (Pennisetum ruppelii Steud.).—This is becoming rather common in
the parks of our large cities. It is a slender perennial 2 or 3 feet tall, ..."
3. Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.: Horticultural Hall by Massachusetts Horticultural Society, W.D. Ticknor & Co, James Englebert Teschemacher (1896)
"JF Hues, for Pennisetum ruppelii, Chrysanthemum Show, November 10. Francois Supiot,
West Philadelphia, Pa., ..."
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