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Definition of Agropyron cristatum
1. Noun. Eurasian grass grown in United States great plains area for forage and erosion control.
Generic synonyms: Wheat-grass, Wheatgrass
Lexicographical Neighbors of Agropyron Cristatum
Literary usage of Agropyron cristatum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Computers and Information Technologies in Agricultural Production and edited by Karl R. Schneider (1997)
"Descriptors: agropyron-cristatum ... continuous, rotation and free choice
superimposed on native range, crested wheatgrass (agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. ..."
2. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1911)
"Fig 2.—Progeny rows 9 IV. Agropyron in the grass nursery at the Bellefourche
Experiment Farm, South Dakota. Fig. 1.— Rows of agropyron cristatum. Fig. 2. ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"... crested wheat and squirreltail grass (agropyron cristatum and Sitanion hystrix),
and "rabbit brush" (Chrysothamnus ..."
4. The Future of Arid Grasslands: Identifying Issues, Seeking Solutions edited by Barbara Tellman (1999)
"... which is probably the most commonly planted exotic grass in western North
America, agropyron cristatum, A. desertorum (crested wheatgrass). ..."
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