Definition of Holcus lanatus

1. Noun. Tall European perennial grass having a velvety stem; naturalized in United States and used for forage.

Exact synonyms: Velvet Grass, Yorkshire Fog
Generic synonyms: Grass

Lexicographical Neighbors of Holcus Lanatus

Hokie
Hokies
Hokkaido
Hokkianese
Hokkien
Hokusai
Holargos
Holarrhena
Holarrhena antidysenterica
Holarrhena pubescens
Holbein
Holbein the Elder
Holbein the Younger
Holbrookia
Holcus
Holcus lanatus (current term)
Holcus mollis
Hold 'em
Holden's line
Holi
Holiness
Holinesses
Holl's ligament
Holland
Holland gin
Hollander
Hollander test
Hollanders
Hollandic
Hollandish

Literary usage of Holcus lanatus

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

1. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry: In a Course of Lectures for the Board of ...by Humphry Davy, John Russell Bedford by Humphry Davy, John Russell Bedford (1815)
"The soluble parts of the seed crop of the Holcus mollis and Holcus lanatus contained no bitter extract, and consisted entirely of mucilage and sugar. ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1851)
"Several specimens gathered in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh we"re exhibited, and the characters by which it differed from Holms mollis and Holcus lanatus ..."

3. The Grasses of Iowa by Louis Hermann Pammel, Julius Buel Weems, Carleton Roy Ball, F. Lamson-Scribner, Harry Foster Bain (1904)
"Holcus lanatus L. Sp. P1. 1048. 1753. Watson and Coulter. Gray. Man. Bot. 652. pi. i2. 1890. (6 ed.). Scribner. Grasses of Tenn. Bull. Univ. Tenn. ..."

4. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"[Greek, alluding to the reference of these grasses to the genus Holcus.] About 8 species, natives oí the Old World. Type species : Holcus lanatus L. i. ..."

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