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Definition of Plume grass
1. Noun. A reedlike grass of the genus Erianthus having large plumes.
Group relationships: Erianthus, Genus Erianthus
Specialized synonyms: Erianthus Ravennae, Ravenna Grass, Wool Grass
Definition of Plume grass
1. Noun. (botany) A kind of grass (''Erianthus saccharoides'') with the spikelets arranged in great silky plumes, growing in swamps in the Southern United States. ¹
2. Noun. (botany) The still finer ''Erianthus Ravennae'' from the Mediterranean region. The name is sometimes extended to the whole genus. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plume Grass
Literary usage of Plume grass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Grasses with Especial Reference to the Economic Species of by Albert Spear Hitchcock (1914)
"Plume-grass has long narrow leaves tapering to a fine point and a large ...
Another plume-grass less frequently seen in America is the Ravenna-grass (Par. ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1896)
"plume grass. (Fig. 212.) In moist sandy soil, southeastern Virginia to Florida
and Louisiana. Also in Cuba. Aug.-Sept. 3. ..."
3. A Manual of Farm Grasses by Albert Spear Hitchcock (1921)
"Horticulturally it is variety picta L. plume grass (Miscanthus sinensis ...
This resembles plume grass in having a large cluster of long narrow leaves. ..."
4. Trees and Shrubs of Central Park by Louis Harman Peet (1903)
"But before we do so, let us look at some things about the Lily Pond. At its
southerly end wave several clumps of the beautiful plume-grass, ..."
5. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"plume grass. Stems 5°-10° high, bearing plume-like, violet or brownish, silky
panicles l°-2° long ; leaves for the most part in a clump at the base of the ..."
6. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"PLUME-GRASS. RAVENNA-GRASS. HARDY PAMPAS-GRASS. Fig. 1410. Three to 12 ft.: blades
J^in. wide, narrowed into a firm ..."
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