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Definition of Hair grass
1. Noun. Fine-leaved aquatic spike rush; popular as aerator for aquariums.
Generic synonyms: Spike Rush
Definition of Hair grass
1. Noun. A grass with very slender leaves or branches; as the ''Agrostis scabra'', and several species of Aira or Deschampsia. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Hair grass
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hair Grass
Literary usage of Hair grass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of Grasses: An Illustrated Guide to the Common Grasses, and the by Mary Francis Baker (1912)
"... panicles are soon broken by the wind and drift over the fields as the earliest
tumble-weed. Rough Hair-grass The Red-top and its varieties are among the ..."
2. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1829)
"... crested hair- grass, common in the parish of Alford. A. aquatica, water
hair-grass ; in various wet places. ..."
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