meadow : Idioms & Phrases

Catch"-mead`ow noun

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1. meadow irrigated by water from a spring or rivulet on the side of hill.

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• a meadow in which several persons have a common right or share.

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• noun any of several plants of the genus Rhexia usually having pink-purple to magenta flowers; eastern North America
  deer grass.
  

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• . (Bot.) Same as Deergrass.

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• noun swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups
  May blob; kingcup; water dragon; cowslip; Caltha palustris; marsh marigold.
  

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• noun perennial European buttercup with yellow spring flowers widely naturalized especially in eastern North America
  tall crowfoot; tall field buttercup; tall buttercup; Ranunculus acris.
  

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• noun tall perennial Old World salvia with violet-blue flowers; found in open grasslands
  Salvia pratensis.
  

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• noun tall perennial cranesbill with paired violet-blue axillary flowers; native to northern parts of Old World and naturalized in North America
  Geranium pratense.
  

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• noun a bitter cress of Europe and America
  cuckooflower; lady's smock; Cardamine pratensis; cuckoo flower.
  

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• noun fern of northeastern North America
  Dryopteris thelypteris pubescens; Thelypteris palustris pubescens; snuffbox fern.
  

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• noun grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns
  fescue grass; fescue; Festuca elatior.
  

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• noun stout erect perennial grass of northern parts of Old World having silky flowering spikes; widely cultivated for pasture and hay; naturalized in North America
  Alopecurus pratensis.
  

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• (Bot.), a valuable pasture grass (Alopecurus pratensis) resembling timothy, but with softer spikes.

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• noun large North American goldenrod having showy clusters of yellow flowers on arching branches; often a weed
  Solidago canadensis; Canadian goldenrod.
  

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• noun any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture
  meadowgrass.
  

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• (Bot.), a name given to several grasses of the genus Poa, common in meadows, and of great value for nay and for pasture. See Grass.

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• a coarse grass, or true sedge, growing in uncultivated swamp or river meadow; used as fodder or bedding for cattle, packing for ice, etc. Local, U. S.

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) The American bittern . See Stake-driver. (b) The American coot (Fulica). (c) The clapper rail.

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• noun widely distributed in northeastern and central United States and Canada
  Zapus hudsonius.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any species of Sturnella, a genus of American birds allied to the starlings. The common species (S. magna) has a yellow breast with a black crescent.

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• noun North American bulbous plant
  rose leek; Canada garlic; Allium canadense.
  

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• noun common lily of the eastern United States having nodding yellow or reddish flowers spotted with brown
  Lilium canadense; wild yellow lily; meadow lily; Canada lily.
  

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• noun widely distributed in grasslands of northern United States and Canada
  Microtus pennsylvaticus; meadow mouse.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any mouse of the genus Arvicola, as the common American species A. riparia; called also field mouse, and field vole.

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• noun common edible mushroom found naturally in moist open soil; the cultivated mushroom of commerce
  Agaricus campestris; field mushroom.
  

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• (Zoöl.), an American ribbed mussel (Modiola plicatula), very abundant in salt marshes.

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• (Min.), bog-iron ore , a kind of limonite.

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• . (Bot.) See under Parsnip.

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• noun scrambling perennial Eurasian wild pea having yellowish flowers and compressed seed pods; cultivated for forage
  yellow vetchling; Lathyrus pratensis; common vetchling.
  

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• . (Bot.) See under Pink.

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• noun a common pipit that is brown above and white below; widely distributed in northern and central Europe and in Asia
  Anthus pratensis.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a small singing bird of the genus Anthus, as A. pratensis, of Europe.

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• noun any of various herbs of the genus Thalictrum; sometimes rhizomatous or tuberous perennials found in damp shady places and meadows or stream banks; have lacy foliage and clouds of small purple or yellow flowers
  

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• (Bot.), a delicate early plant, of the genus Thalictrum, having compound leaves and numerous white flowers. There are many species.

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• noun bulbous autumn-flowering herb with white, purple or lavender-and-white flowers; native to western and central Europe
  naked lady; autumn crocus; Colchicum autumnale.
  

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• . (Bot.) See under Saffron.

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• . (Bot.) See under Sage.

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• noun weedy European annual with yellow flowers; naturalized in United States
  goatsbeard; shepherd's clock; Tragopogon pratensis.
  

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• noun rosette-forming perennial having compact panicles of white flowers; Europe
  fair-maids-of-France; Saxifraga granulata.
  

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• (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant of Europe (Silaus pratensis), somewhat resembling fennel.

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• (Zoöl.), the common or jack snipe.

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• noun spikemoss forming dense mats; eastern North America
  Selaginella apoda; basket spikemoss.
  

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• noun North American insect that severely damages grasses
  Philaenus spumarius.
  

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• noun widely distributed in grasslands of northern United States and Canada
  Microtus pennsylvaticus; meadow mouse.
  

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• noun a family of trees and bushes and herbs of order Myrtales; many are cultivated as ornamentals
  family Melastomaceae; family Melastomataceae; Melastomaceae; Melastomataceae.
  

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• (Bot.), a European herbaceous plant (Spiræa Ulmaria). See Meadowsweet.

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• noun a pasture grass of moist places throughout North America
  Glyceria grandis.
  

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• noun coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat; found on roadside verges and rough grassland and in hay meadows; introduced in North America for forage
  Arrhenatherum elatius; French rye; false oat; evergreen grass; tall oat grass.
  

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Wa"ter mead"ow

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1. (Agric.) A meadow, or piece of low, flat land, capable of being kept in a state of fertility by being overflowed with water from some adjoining river or stream.

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• noun common lily of the eastern United States having nodding yellow or reddish flowers spotted with brown
  Lilium canadense; wild yellow lily; meadow lily; Canada lily.
  

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