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Definition of Turfy
1. a. Abounding with turf; made of, or covered with, turf.
Definition of Turfy
1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or constructed of turf ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Turfy
1. covered with turf [adj TURFIER, TURFIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Turfy
Literary usage of Turfy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Joseph Paxton (1849)
"... a mixture of two parts turfy loam, one part sandy peat, and one part very
rotten manure, roughly broken and well mixed, is the best soil ; but if it is ..."
2. Select extra-tropical plants readily eligible for industrial culture or by Ferdinand Jacob H. Mueller (1880)
"This trailing little plant might be transferred to the turfy moors of Alpine
mountains. Sir J. Hooker describes the berries as fleshy, ..."
3. The Floricultural Cabinet, and Florists Magazine by Joseph Harrison (1848)
"It flourishes admirably, grown either in a pot or the open border. It requires
to have a free drainage, and to be grown in a sandy-turfy peat. ..."
4. Paxton's Botanical Dictionary: Comprising the Names, History, and Culture of by Joseph Paxton (1868)
"An ornamental shrub, from three to six feet high : it grows freely in a mixture
of turfy loam and peat, and ripened cuttings will root without difficulty in ..."
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