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Definition of Drop-seed
1. Noun. A grass of the genus Sporobolus.
Generic synonyms: Grass
Group relationships: Genus Sporobolus, Sporobolus
Specialized synonyms: Blackseed, Carpet Grass, Smut Grass, Sporobolus Poiretii, Sand Dropseed, Sporobolus Cryptandrus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drop-seed
Literary usage of Drop-seed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Flora of Minnesota, Including Its Phaenogamous and Vascular by Warren Upham (1884)
"drop-seed Grass. Minneapolis (bluff of Mississippi river near the University),
Upham; ... drop-seed Grass. Through the south part of the state. Lapham. ..."
2. Analytical Class-book of Botany: Designed for Academies and Private Students by Frances Harriet Green, Joseph W. Congdon (1857)
"Wood drop-seed. Culm ascending, very branching; branches diffusely spreading ;
leaves lanceolate, with smooth she:iths; panicles contracted, ..."
3. Grasses and Forage Plants: A Practical Treatise, Comprising Their Natural by Charles Louis Flint (1860)
"drop-seed Grass. Spikelets generally one, sometimes two flowered, ... RUSH-LIKE
DROP SEED (Sporobolus junceus) is a perennial grass, with long, folding, ..."
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