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Definition of Bristle grass
1. Noun. Grasses of grasslands and woodlands having large gracefully arching spikes with long bristles beneath each spikelet.
Generic synonyms: Foxtail, Foxtail Grass
Group relationships: Genus Setaria, Setaria
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bristle Grass
Literary usage of Bristle grass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"Rough Bristle-grass. 4. S. Italica Beam.: involucre many times longer than the
flowers; ... Italian Bristle-grass. 13. CENCHRUS. Linn.—Bur Grass. ..."
2. British and Garden Botany: Consisting of Descriptions of the Flowering by Leo Hartley Grindon (1864)
"GREEN BRISTLE-GRASS—Seta'ria vi/idii. Sandy fields ; rare, and chiefly in the south
... GLAUCOUS BRISTLE-GRASS—Seta'ria glau'ca. Dry fields in the south of ..."
3. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"... Bristle-Grass, has a panicle spiked, lobed below; branches whorled ; bristles
of the involucre rough, with reversed teeth, outer glumella of the fruit ..."
4. Flora of the Colosseum of Rome by Richard Deakin (1855)
"Annual, flowering in July and August. SET ARIA, Beau. Bristle-Grass. ...
Rough Bristle-Grass. Panicle, spiked, lobed in the lower part, branches whorled, ..."
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