ERAGROSTIS

Meaning of ERAGROSTIS in English

ˌerəgrästə̇s noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek eros love + agrōstis, a kind of grass

: a genus of grasses resembling the bluegrasses but having flattened spikelets and deciduous lemmas

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

TEFF — noun Etymology: Amharic ṭef Date: 1790 an economically important Ethiopian annual cereal grass ( Eragrostis tef syn. E. abyssinica ) …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LOVE GRASS — noun Date: 1702 any of a genus ( Eragrostis ) of grasses that resemble the bluegrasses but have flattened spikelets …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CUSH — I. ˈku̇sh, ˈküsh noun ( -es ) Etymology: of African origin; akin to Hausa ku 3 sha 1 thin cake …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WEEPING LOVE GRASS — noun : a perennial southern African grass ( Eragrostis curvula ) introduced into the United States especially for erosion control
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TEFF — ˈtef noun also teff grass ( -s ) Etymology: Amharic ṭēf : an economically important African cereal grass ( Eragrostis …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TEALGRASS — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: teal + grass; from its being considered an important food for teal : a love grass ( …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STINK GRASS — noun 1. : an ill-scented annual European grass ( Eragrostis megastachya ) that is nearly cosmopolitan as an introduced weed …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SKUNK GRASS — noun Etymology: so called from its odor : a grass of the genus Eragrostis
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SAND LOVEGRASS — noun : a fine-stemmed bunch grass ( Eragrostis trichodes ) found native on sandy soils chiefly in the southern Great …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LOVE GRASS — noun : a grass of the genus Eragrostis that is especially useful for forage and for the prevention of erosion …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEHMANN LOVE GRASS — ˈlā]mən-, ˈlē] noun or lehmann's love grass Usage: usually capitalized L Etymology: probably from the name Lehmann : an African …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LACE GRASS — noun : a slender grass ( Eragrostis capillaris ) of the eastern United States with a large panicle on branches …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KUSA — noun also ku·sha ˈku̇(ˌ)s(h)ä ( -s ) Etymology: Hindi kusā, from Sanskrit kuśa 1. : a grass ( Eragrostis cynosuroides …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EMOLOA — ˌāməˈlōə, ˌem- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Hawaiian : a rough tufted tall Hawaiian grass ( Eragrostis variabilis )
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TEFF — /tef/ , n. a grass, Eragrostis tef, native to northern Africa, where it is cultivated for its edible seeds. [ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LOVEGRASS — /luv"gras', -grahs'/ , n. any grass of the genus Eragrostis, as E. curvula (weeping lovegrass) and E. trichodes (sand lovegrass) …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TEFF — noun Etymology: Amharic ṭef Date: 1790 : an economically important Ethiopian annual cereal grass ( Eragrostis tef syn. E. abyssinica …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LOVE GRASS — Date: 1702 : any of a genus ( Eragrostis ) of grasses that resemble the bluegrasses but have flattened spikelets …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TEFF — [ tɛf ] ■ noun an African cereal cultivated almost exclusively in Ethiopia, used to make flour. [ Eragrostis tef …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TEFF — [teff] n [Amharic tef] (1790): an economically important African cereal grass (Eragrostis tef syn. E. abyssinica) that is grown for …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LOVE GRASS — [love grass] n (1702): any of a genus (Eragrostis) of grasses that resemble the bluegrasses but have flattened spikelets and …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LOVE GRASS — any of the tufted annual and perennial grasses of the genus Eragrostis (family Poaceae). About 250 species are native to …
Britannica English vocabulary
AMHARA — people of the Ethiopian central highlands. The Amhara are one of the two largest ethnolinguistic groups in Ethiopia (the other …
Britannica English vocabulary
TEFF — n. an African cereal, Eragrostis tef. [Amharic téf]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TEFF — n. an African cereal, Eragrostis tef. [ Amharic têf ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TEFF — n. an African cereal, Eragrostis tef. Etymology: Amharic t{ecirc}f
Oxford English vocab
TEFF — бот. метличка абиссинская (Eragrostis abussinica) (ботаника) метличка абиссинская (Eragrostis abyssinica)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LOVEGRASS — бот. полевичка (ботаника) полевичка (Eragrostis)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STRONG-SCENTED LOVE GRASS — полевичка крупная (Eragrostis major); полевичка крупноколосковая (Eragrostis megastachya)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
STRONG-SCENTED LOVE GRASS — полевичка крупная ( Eragrostis major ) ; полевичка крупноколосковая ( Eragrostis megastachya )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
TEFF — бот. метличка абиссинская (Eragrostis abussinica) (ботаника) метличка абиссинская (Eragrostis abyssinica)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

Webster's New International English Dictionary

← ERADICATOR ERANTHEMUM→