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Definition of Genus Agrostis
1. Noun. Annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere: bent grass (so named from 'bent' meaning an area of unfenced grassland).
Generic synonyms: Plant Genus
Group relationships: Family Graminaceae, Family Gramineae, Family Poaceae, Graminaceae, Gramineae, Grass Family, Poaceae
Member holonyms: Bent, Bent Grass, Bent-grass
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Agrostis
Literary usage of Genus Agrostis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"Type of the genus Agrostis: AS HITCHCOCK. In view of the fact that stable generic
nomenclature depends upon the method of fixing the type of each genus, ..."
2. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1904)
"The distinction is not clear und Brown states (hat the genus Agrostis is ...
His genus Agrostis is founded on A. rubra L., of which he gives a plate, ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1801)
"This species was first referred to this genus by Dr. Schreber. In the genus
Agrostis, there seems to have existed little mora iban a tissue of mistakes; ..."
4. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Angus, Or Forfarshire: With by James Headrick (1813)
"The genus Agrostis, or Bent-grass, is abundant. A Dr Richardson of Ireland, has
written strongly in favour of this family of grasses ; but from his ..."
5. A Practical Treatise on Grasses and Forage Plants: Comprising Their Natural by Charles Louis Flint (1857)
"It was called simply English grass by Eliot, Deane and other early writers, and
by the English, Fine Bent. Indeed, the whole genus agrostis is commonly ..."
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