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Definition of Arrow grass
1. Noun. Tufted perennial found in shallow water or marshland; sometimes poisons livestock.
Group relationships: Genus Triglochin, Triglochin
Generic synonyms: Bog Plant, Marsh Plant, Swamp Plant
Definition of Arrow grass
1. n. An herbaceous grasslike plant (Triglochin palustre, and other species) with pods opening so as to suggest barbed arrowheads.
Medical Definition of Arrow grass
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Arrow Grass
Literary usage of Arrow grass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner Von Marilaun (1902)
"—Arrow-grass (Triglochin palustre). > A flower with brush-like stigma already
mature ; all the anthers still closed. « A flower with the stigma withered ..."
2. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"ARROW-GRASS. Flowers perfect, in a naked slender raceme upon a scape-like peduncle,
with an herbaceous deciduous perianth of 3 small concave sepals and as ..."
3. Report (1913)
"Triglochin maritima L. Seaside arrow grass. Occasional in marshy places ...
Triglochin palustris L. Marsh arrow grass. In marshy places on the east side. ..."
4. Report: New York by Otis Stuart (1904)
"T. maritima L. Seaside Arrow-grass. Shores of Great Lakes; borders of deer licks
in interior; Macomb Co.; S. Mich., Wright Cat; Hubbardston, Petoskey,. ..."
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