agrostis Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere: bent grass (so named from `bent' meaning an area of unfenced grassland)
    genus Agrostis.

WordNet


A*gros"tis noun
Etymology
L., fr. Gr. .
Definitions
  1. 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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