MASCARENE GRASS

Meaning of MASCARENE GRASS in English

/mas'keuh reen"/

a creeping grass, Zoysia tenuifolia, naturalized in California and Florida, having fine leaves and shoots that make good turf.

[ 1955-60; after the Mascarene Islands, east of Madagascar ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

MASCARENE GRASS — |maskə|rēn- noun Etymology: Mascarene islands, in the Indian ocean east of Madagascar : an Asiatic creeping perennial grass ( Zoysia …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GRASS — I Any of many low, green, nonwoody plants that make up the families Poaceae (or Gramineae), Cyperaceae ( rush es). …
Английский словарь Британика
GRASS — I. ˈgras, -aa(ə)-, -ai-, -ȧ- noun ( -es ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English gras, from Old English græs; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GRASS — — grassless , adj. — grasslike , adj. — grassward, grasswards , adv. adj. /gras, grahs/ , n. 1. any …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GRASS — v. cover with grass; feed grass to livestock; produce grass; inform on (British Slang)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
GRASS — I. ˈgras noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English gras, from Old English græs; akin to Old High German gras …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GRASS — vi to produce grass. 2. grass ·noun the season of fresh grass; spring. 3. grass ·vt to cover with grass …
Webster English vocab
GRASS — [grass] n, often attrib [ME gras, fr. OE graes; akin to OHG gras grass, OE growan to grow] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MASCARENE — Mascarene, m\~ BrE AmE ˌmæsk ə ˈriːn ◂ ▷ Mascarene|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GRASS — grass, Grass BrE AmE ɡrɑːs § ɡræs AmE ɡræs —German [ ɡras ] ▷ grassed ɡrɑːst § ɡræst AmE ɡræst …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GRASS — / grɑːs; NAmE græs/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U ] a common wild plant with narrow green …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GRASS — I. grass 1 S2 W2 /ɡrɑːs $ ɡræs/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: græs ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GRASS — n. & v. --n. 1 a vegetation belonging to a group of small plants with green blades that are eaten …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GRASS — n. & v. n. 1 a vegetation belonging to a group of small plants with green blades that are eaten …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GRASS — n. & v. --n. 1. a vegetation belonging to a group of small plants with green blades that are eaten …
Oxford English vocab
GRASS — ( grasses, grassing, grassed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Grass is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GRASS — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES artificial grass ▪ artificial grass tennis courts dry grass ▪ There had been no …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GRASS — n. bear grass bent grass couch grass quack grass Grass Günter Wilhelm
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GRASS — Synonyms and related words : Bengal grass, DET, DMT, English rye grass, Italian rye grass, Kentucky bluegrass, LSD, Mary Jane, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GRASS — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ green ▪ coarse , rough , thick ▪ soft ▪ lush ▪ long , tall ▪ short …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
GRASS — n. 25B6; noun he sat down on the grass : TURF, sod; lawn, green. See list. (informal) they smoked grass. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
GRASS — 1. сущ. 1) а) трава, травинка; дерн to cut, mow (the) grass ≈ косить траву high, tall grass ≈ высокая …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GRASS — grass.ogg _I 1. grɑ:s n 1. 1> трава blade of grass - стебелёк травы, травинка to cut the grass - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GRASS — _I 1. grɑ:s n 1. 1> трава blade of grass - стебелёк травы, травинка to cut the grass - косить …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
GRASS — 1. сущ. 1) а) трава, травинка; дерн to cut, mow (the) grass — косить траву high, tall grass — высокая …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
GRASS — 1. сущ. 1) а) трава, травинка; дерн to cut, mow (the) grass — косить траву high, tall grass — высокая трава blade of grass — …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
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Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
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Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
GRASS — 1. _n. 1> трава; дерн 2> лужайка, газон; луг; to lay down in grass - запускать под луга 3> пастбище …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
GRASS — 1. n. 1. трава; дерн 2. лужайка, газон; луг; to lay down in grass - запускать под луга 3. пастбище …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
GRASS — 1. _n. 1> трава; дёрн 2> лужайка, газон; луг; to lay down in grass запускать под луга 3> пастбище; to …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
GRASS — grass n 1. infml I could use a little more grass in my diet Мне не мешало бы есть больше …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
GRASS — 1. сущ. 1) а) трава, травинка; дерн to cut, mow (the) grass ≈ косить траву high, tall grass ≈ высокая …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
MASCARENE ISLANDS — geographical name islands W Indian Ocean E of Madagascar including Mauritius, Réunion, and Rodrigues
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MASCARENE ISLANDS — geographical name islands W Indian Ocean E of Madagascar including Mauritius, Réunion, and Rodrigues
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MASCARENE ISLANDS — French les Mascareignes, collectively, the islands of Runion, Mauritius, and Rodrigues, which are situated in a line along a submarine …
Britannica English vocabulary
RÉUNION — geographical name island W Indian Ocean in the W Mascarene Islands capital St.-Denis; an overseas department of France area 970 …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RÉUNION — Island (pop., 2002 est.: 743,000) and French overseas department, Mascarene Islands, western Indian Ocean. Located 425 mi (684 km) east …
Английский словарь Британика
MAURITIUS — officially Republic of Mauritius Island country, lying east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. The central independent island state of …
Английский словарь Британика
KOREAN VELVET GRASS — noun see mascarene grass
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STINKWOOD — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : any of several trees with a wood of unpleasant odor: as a. : either of two …
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PYCNOCOMA — pikˈnäkəmə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from pycn- + -coma : a small genus of shrubs or trees (family …
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PIPTURUS — pipˈt(y)u̇rəs noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek piptein to fall down + New Latin -urus — more at …
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MONIMIA — məˈnimēə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin Monima (from Latin, from Greek Monimē ), the wife of Mithridates …
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MAUNALOA — ˈmau̇nəˈlōə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Hawaiian : a leguminous vine ( Canavalia microcarpa ) that is native to the …
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LEGUATIA — ˌlegyüˈāsh(ē)ə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from François Leguat died 1735 French Huguenot traveler + New Latin -ia : …
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LATANIA — ləˈtānēə, -tan- noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from French latanier + New Latin -ia : a small genus of …
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KOREAN VELVET GRASS — noun Usage: usually capitalized K : mascarene grass
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FAHAM — ˈfäˌhäm noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, from a native name in the Mascarene islands 1. : the leaves of …
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BOTTLE PALM — noun : any of several palms (as Colpothrinax wrightii of Cuba and Hyophorbe amaricaulis of the Mascarene islands in the …
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SOLITAIRE — /sol"i tair'/ , n. 1. Also called patience . any of various games played by one person with one or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RÉUNION — geographical name island W Indian Ocean in the W Mascarene Islands capital St.-Denis; an overseas department of France area 970 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EQUATORIAL CURRENT — ocean current flowing westward near the equator, predominantly controlled by the winds. Characteristically, equatorial-current systems consist of two westward-flowing currents …
Britannica English vocabulary
ZOYSIA — genus of creeping grasses of the family Poaceae, containing four or five perennial species native to southeastern Asia and New …
Britannica English vocabulary
YEAR IN REVIEW 1996: LIFE-SCIENCES: ZOOLOGY — ZOOLOGY: Entomology. Most modern insects possess wings and can fly. The evolutionary development of wings and flight in insects, however, …
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SOMALI BASIN — submarine basin on the floor of the southwestern Arabian Sea, an arm of the Indian Ocean, east of Somalia. The …
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SEYCHELLES-MAURITIUS PLATEAU — also called Mascarene Plateau, submarine plateau, a very shallow, extensive ridge in the Indian Ocean forming a crescent through the …
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REUNION — officially Department of Runion, French Dpartement de la Runion island of the Mascarene Islands and a French overseas dpartement in …
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MAURITIUS — officially Republic Of Mauritius, island country, the central independent island state of the Mascarene group, lying about 500 miles (800 …
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MADAGASCAR, FLAG OF — national flag consisting of a horizontal red stripe over a green stripe, with a vertical white stripe at the hoist. …
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DECKEN, KARL KLAUS VON DER — born Aug. 8, 1833, Kotzen, Brandenburg died Oct. 2, 1865, near Bardera, Somalia German explorer in eastern Africa and the …
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CASUARINALES — the beefwood order of dicotyledonous flowering plants comprising the family Casuarinaceae, with two genera (Casuarina, 30 species; Gymnostoma, 20 species) …
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