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Definition of Agrostis
1. Noun. Annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere: bent grass (so named from 'bent' meaning an area of unfenced grassland).
Exact synonyms: Genus Agrostis
Generic synonyms: Plant Genus
Group relationships: Family Graminaceae, Family Gramineae, Family Poaceae, Graminaceae, Gramineae, Grass Family, Poaceae
Member holonyms: Bent, Bent Grass, Bent-grass
Generic synonyms: Plant Genus
Group relationships: Family Graminaceae, Family Gramineae, Family Poaceae, Graminaceae, Gramineae, Grass Family, Poaceae
Member holonyms: Bent, Bent Grass, Bent-grass
Definition of Agrostis
1. n. A genus of grasses, including species called in common language bent grass. Some of them, as redtop (Agrostis vulgaris), are valuable pasture grasses.
Definition of Agrostis
1. Noun. bentgrass ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Agrostis
Literary usage of Agrostis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Grasses of Great Britain by John Edward Sowerby, Charles Johnson (1861)
"To this collective character of the genus there are perhaps a few exceptions, of
which certain varieties of Agrostis alba afford equivocal example. ..."
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