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Definition of Broom beard grass
1. Noun. Handsome hardy North American grass with foliage turning pale bronze in autumn.
Generic synonyms: Broom Grass
Lexicographical Neighbors of Broom Beard Grass
Literary usage of Broom beard grass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of the Wild and Cultivated Flowering Plants by Chester Arthur Darling (1912)
"b Spikes 1-2 in. long, terminal or lateral broom beard grass. (A. scoparius.)
c Spikes 2-5 in. long, terminal and lateral 20 ARISTIDA. FORKED BEARD GRASS. ..."
2. Hayfever and Asthma: Care, Prevention and Treatment by William Scheppegrell (1922)
"... the most common being as follows: bull grass ( Tripsacum dactyloides), broom
beard-grass (Schizachyrium scoparium), forked beard- grass (Andropogon ..."
3. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1905)
"The nest is excavated in the pure sand, nearly always about the roots of the
broom beard-grass (Andropogon scoparius) (Plates XII and XIII) or of the ..."