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Definition of Love grass
1. Noun. Any of various grasses of the genus Eragrostis; specially useful for forage and for the prevention of erosion.
Generic synonyms: Grass
Group relationships: Eragrostis, Genus Eragrostis
Specialized synonyms: Eragrostic Abyssinica, Eragrostis Tef, Teff, Teff Grass, African Love Grass, Eragrostis Curvula, Weeping Love Grass
Definition of Love grass
1. Noun. Any of several grasses, of the genus ''Eragrostis'', grown as a forage crop or to protect against erosion ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Love Grass
Literary usage of Love grass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"love grass. Annual or perennial grasses, with herbaceous stems of various ...
FEATHER LOVE-GRASS. An erect grass 1-2 ft. high, with smooth culms and rough ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Strong-scented Love-grass. Fig. 578. E. major Host, Gram. Austr. 4: 14. pi. 24.
1809. ... Meadow Love-grass. Fig. 580. Poa refracta Muhl. Gram. 146. 1817. ..."
3. Lake Maxinkuckee: A Physical and Biological Survey by Barton Warren Evermann, Howard Walton Clark (1920)
"STRONG-SCENTED LOVE-GRASS ERAGROSTIS MAJOR Host A common grass throughout the
state, frequently coming up in cultivated grounds in autumn after cultivation ..."
4. The Future of Arid Grasslands: Identifying Issues, Seeking Solutions edited by Barbara Tellman (1999)
"Damage to mesquite, Lehmann love grass and black gram a by a hot June fire. ...
Lehmann love grass on the Santa Rita Experimental Range, 1937-1968. ..."
5. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1907)
"Weeping- love-grass. Early spring-grass. Mulga grass. 4 Australian millet.
Vandyke grass. Vandyke grass. Cotton grass. Tussock poa. Sugar grass. ..."
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