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Definition of Feathertop
1. Noun. Northeastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles.
Generic synonyms: Grass
Group relationships: Genus Pennisetum, Pennisetum
2. Noun. A variety of reed grass.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Feathertop
Literary usage of Feathertop
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dramatization: Selections from English Classics Adapted in Dramatic Form by Sarah Emma Simons, Clem Irwin Orr (1913)
"The adventures of feathertop while out in the world, are omitted because of the
... Scene I THE MAKING OF feathertop Characters: Mother Rigby, a Witch. ..."
2. American Prose (1607-1865) edited by Walter Cochrane Bronson (1898)
"[From Mosses from an Old Manse, "The Procession of Life," 1846. The text is that
of the revised edition of 1854.] feathertop " Dickon," cried Mother Rigby, ..."
3. Cassell's Picturesque Australasia by Edward Ellis Morris (1890)
"... feathertop and Hotham— •'Sailor Bill's"—Omeo—The Sisters and Mount Tambo—Mount
Kosciusko—Limestone Creek—The Snowy River—The Tambo—The Dargo. ..."
4. Cassell's Picturesque Australasia by Edward Ellis Morris (1888)
"... feathertop and Hotham— " Sailor Bill's "—Omeo—The Sisters and Mount Tambo—Mount
Kosciusko—Limestone Creek—The Snowy River—The Tambo—The Dargo. ..."
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