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Definition of Glyceria
1. Noun. Manna grass.
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Genus, Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Graminaceae, Family Gramineae, Family Poaceae, Graminaceae, Gramineae, Grass Family, Poaceae
Member holonyms: Manna Grass, Sweet Grass
Definition of Glyceria
1. a plant [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glyceria
Literary usage of Glyceria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1850)
"On a supposed new species of glyceria. By FREDERICK TOWNSEND, BA* IN 1846 I drew
up a ... glyceria fluitans (R. Br.). Panicle simple, elongate, sub- secund, ..."
2. A Scripture Herbal by Maria Callcott (1842)
"One remarkable species, glyceria fluitans*, produces such abundance of sweet seeds,
... This glyceria would scarcely thrive on a dry sheep- walk, ..."
3. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"glyceria. Brown.—Manna Grass. (From the Greek y>««if, tweet; on account of the
sweet taste of the grains.) Spikelets long, linear, many-flowered; ..."
4. Plants of the Holy Land: With Their Fruits and Flowers, Beautifully by Henry Stafford Osborn (1861)
"... and glyceria Fluitans of Brown. ;)N the Holy Land, as in almost every other
country, grasses grow in innumerable varieties. The scriptural term is often ..."
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