AGROSTIS

Meaning of AGROSTIS in English

( n. )

A genus of grasses, including species called in common language bent grass. Some of them, as redtop (Agrostis vulgaris), are valuable pasture grasses.

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AGROSTIS — əˈgrästə̇s noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, couch grass, from Greek agrōstis, a grass : a large and …
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AGROSTIS — (n.) A genus of grasses, including species called in common language bent grass. Some of them, as redtop (Agrostis vulgaris), …
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AGROSTIS — noun a genus of grasses, including species called in common language bent grass. some of them, as redtop (agrostis vulgaris), …
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REDTOP — noun Date: 1790 any of several grasses (genus Agrostis ) with usually reddish panicles
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BENT GRASS — noun Date: 1677 any of a genus ( Agrostis ) of grasses including important chiefly perennial and rhizomatous pasture and …
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BENT GRASS — Any of the annual or perennial grass es that make up the genus Agrostis , in the family Poaceae (or …
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BENT — I. ˈbent noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, grassy place, bent grass, from Old English beonot- (in place names); …
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WHITETOP — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. a. (1) : a redtop ( Agrostis alba ) (2) : a grass ( Fluminea festucacea ) …
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WHITE BENT — noun also white bent grass 1. : a redtop ( Agrostis alba ) 2. : matgrass 1b
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TICKLE GRASS — noun 1. : any of several grasses of the genus Agrostis ; especially : rough bent 2. : witchgrass 2
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SNOW GRASS — noun : any of several Australian grasses of the genera Agrostis, Danthonia, or Poa
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SILKY BENT GRASS — noun : a stout leafy European grass ( Agrostis spica-venti ) occasionally naturalized in the eastern United States
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SEASIDE BENT — noun : a coarse seashore grass ( Agrostis maritima ) found along the Atlantic coasts of No. America and northern …
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ROUGH BENT — noun or rough bent grass : a slender grass ( Agrostis scabra or A. hiemalis ) with widely spreading capillary …
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RHODE ISLAND BENT — noun Usage: usually capitalized R&I : a lawn grass ( Agrostis tenuis ) of eastern No. America with very slender …
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REDTOP — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun also redtop grass 1. : any of various grasses of the genus Agrostis ; especially : an important …
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MARSH BENT — noun or marsh bent grass : a redtop ( Agrostis alba )
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FINEBENT — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun : any of several grasses of the genus Agrostis ; especially : rhode island bent
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ERAGROSTIS — ˌerəgrästə̇s noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek eros love + agrōstis, a kind of grass : a genus …
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DOG BENT — noun or dog's bent Etymology: so called from its being eaten by sick dogs, supposedly as an emetic : a …
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CREEPING BENT — noun also creeping bentgrass : a common pasture or lawn grass ( Agrostis palustris ) that spreads by long stolons
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COUCH GRASS — ˈkau̇ch-, ˈküch- noun also couch ( -es ) Etymology: alteration of quitch (grass) 1. : any of various grasses having …
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CLOUD GRASS — noun : a Spanish grass ( Agrostis nebulosa ) with a light feathery panicle cultivated for dried bouquets
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CALAMAGROSTIS — ˌkaləməˈgrästə̇s noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from calam- + Latin agrostis couch grass, from Greek agrōstis dog's-tooth grass, perhaps …
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CALAM- — combining form or calami- or calamo- Etymology: New Latin, from Greek kalam-, kalamo-, from kalamos reed — more at haulm …
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BROWNTOP — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : any of several grasses of the genus Agrostis (especially A. tenuis )
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BENT (12) — (n.) A grass of the genus Agrostis, esp. Agrostis vulgaris, or redtop. The name is also used of many other …
Английский словарь Webster
BENT — ( n. ) A grass of the genus Agrostis, esp. Agrostis vulgaris, or redtop. The name is also used of …
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BENT — imp. & ·p.p. of bend. 2. bent ·- of bend. 3. bent ·v a declivity or slope, as of a …
Webster English vocab
REDTOP — бот. полевица белая (Agrostis alba) (ботаника) полевица белая (Agrostis alba)
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REDTOP — бот. полевица белая (Agrostis alba) (ботаника) полевица белая (Agrostis alba)
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