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mall, reddish-brown, South American deer (Cervus, or Blastocerus, campestris). -- Pampas grass (Bot.), a very tall ornamental grass (Gynerium argenteum) with a silvery-white silky panicle. It is a native of the pampas of South America.

A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass; also, the edible grain of some species of panic grass. Panic grass (Bot.), any grass of the genus Panicum.

A genus of grasses, including several hundred species, some of which are valuable; panic grass.

A genus of herbs growing in wet places, and having white flowers; grass of Parnassus.

to Apollo and the Muses, and famous for a temple of Apollo and for the Castalian spring. Grass of Parnassus. (Bot.) See under Grass, and Parnassia. -- To climb Parnassus, to write poetry. [Colloq.]

tion; lath and plaster partitions. No sight could pass Betwixt the nice partitions of the grass. Dryden.

Grazing ground; grass land used for pasturing; pasture.

Specifically: Grass growing for the food of cattle; the food of cattle taken by grazing.

A grassy expanse in the hill region of Ceylon.

f fine hairs; ending in a tuft of hairs like a camel's-hair brush, as the stigmas of some grasses.

- Penny father, a penurious person; a niggard. [Obs.] Robinson (More's Utopia). -- Penny grass (Bot.), pennyroyal. [R.] -- Penny post, a post carrying a letter for a penny; also, a mail carrier. -- Penny wise, wise or prudent only in small matters; saving small sums while losing larger; -- used chiefly in the phrase,…

See Peppergrass.

A genus of grasses, including the timothy (Phleum pratense), which is highly valued for hay; cat's-tail grass. Gray.

base is English, with a mixture of Portuguese and Hindoostanee. Johnson's Cyc. -- Pigeon grass (Bot.), a kind of foxtail grass (Setaria glauca), of some value as fodder. The seeds are eagerly eaten by pigeons and other birds. -- Pigeon hawk. (Zoöl.) (a) A small American falcon (Falco columbarius). The adult male is d…

aria; minute aquatic cryptograms, with small pill-shaped fruit; -- sometimes called peppergrass.

ng the hole, or for sinking a recess for the head of a bolt, etc.; a counterbore. -- Pin grass. (Bot.) See Alfilaria. -- Pin hole, a small hole made by a pin; hence, any very small aperture or perforation. -- Pin lock, a lock having a cylindrical bolt; a lock in which pins, arranged by the key, are used instead of t…

Maiden pink, Dianthus deltoides. -- Moss pink. See under Moss. -- Pink needle, the pin grass; -- so called from the long, tapering points of the carpels. See Alfilaria. -- Sea pink. See Thrift.

ivated for its showy red blossoms. Called also Carolina pink, Maryland pinkroot, and worm grass.

Any plant of a genus (Eriocaulon) of aquatic or marsh herbs with soft grass-like leaves.

A variety of quartz, of a color between grass green and leek green, which is found associated with common chalcedony. It was much esteemed by the ancients for making engraved ornaments.