Definition of Rush grass

1. Noun. Grass having wiry stems and sheathed panicles.

Exact synonyms: Rush-grass
Generic synonyms: Grass
Group relationships: Genus Sporobolus, Sporobolus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rush Grass

rusbank
rusbanks
ruscuses
ruse
ruses
rush
rush'd
rush(a)
rush-hour
rush along
rush aster
rush away
rush candle
rush family
rush hour
rush nut
rush off
rush out
rush rose
rushbuckler
rushbucklers
rushed
rushed behind
rushed behinds
rushedly
rushee
rushees
rushen

Literary usage of Rush grass

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Book of Grasses: An Illustrated Guide to the Common Grasses, and the by Mary Francis Baker (1912)
"Sheathed Rush-grass Our other species of these grasses grow in dry or sandy soil and may be looked for in late summer and early autumn, when with a low ..."

2. Catalogue of the Flora of Minnesota Including Its Phaenogamous and Vascular by Warren Upham (1884)
"Rush-Grass. Lapham. Hennepin and Goodhue counties, ... Rush-Grass. Red river valley, at Pembina, Havard. West. S. junceus, Kunth. Drop-seed Grass. Lapham. ..."

3. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter (1903)
"SHEATHED RUSH-GRASS. (Man. p. 105; IF/. 344.) In dry soil, NY to Mo., ... ROUGH RUSH-GRASS. (Man. p. 104; IF /. 341. ) In dry soil, Del. to 111., ..."

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