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Definition of Arrhenatherum elatius
1. Noun. Coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat; found on roadside verges and rough grassland and in hay meadows; introduced in North America for forage.
Generic synonyms: Grass
Group relationships: Arrhenatherum, Genus Arrhenatherum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arrhenatherum Elatius
Literary usage of Arrhenatherum elatius
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forage Plants and Their Culture by Charles Vancouver Piper (1914)
"Tall oat-grass (arrhenatherum elatius) is known also as tall meadow oat-grass,
tall oat-grass, false oat-grass, French rye-grass and, in .the South, ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"Oat-G., arrhenatherum elatius; also various species of Avena. ... Tall Meadow
Oat-G., arrhenatherum elatius. Tickle-G., Agrostis hiemalis. ..."
3. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William MacKinley Klein (1993)
"Arrow-feather; Three-awned grass Herbaceous perennial Serpentine barrens and
other dry, sandy soils. • arrhenatherum elatius (L.) Beauv. var. elatius Tall ..."
4. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"»arrhenatherum elatius (L.) Beauv. var. elatius Tall oatgrass Herbaceous perennial
Roadsides, fields and waste ground. arrhenatherum elatius (L.) Beauv. ..."
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