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Agrostis

Agrostis Meaning & Definition
Agrostis Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Agrostis?

[n] annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere: bent grass (so named from `bent' meaning an area of unfenced grassland)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Agrostis: genus Agrostis

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See Also | bent | bent grass | bentgrass | family Graminaceae | family Gramineae | family Poaceae | Graminaceae | Gramineae | grass family | plant genus | Poaceae

Agrostis In Webster's Dictionary

\A*gros"tis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] 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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