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GRASS n. 9 definitions
The season of fresh grass; spring. [Colloq.] Two years old next grass. Lathsm.
GRASS TREE n. 2 definitions
t of the genus Xanthorrhoea, having a thick trunk crowned with a dense tuft of pendulous, grasslike leaves, from the center of which arises a long stem, bearing at its summit a dense flower spike looking somewhat like a large cat-tail. These plants are often called "blackboys" from the large trunks denuded and blackene…
GRASS-GREEN a. 2 definitions
Green with grass.
GRASS-GROWN a.
Overgrown with grass; as, a grass-grown road.
GRASSATION n.
A wandering about with evil intentions; a rioting. [Obs. & R.] Feltham.
GRASSHOPPER n. 2 definitions
custidæ. The species and genera are very numerous. The former family includes the Western grasshopper or locust (Caloptenus spretus), noted for the great extent of its ravages in the region beyond the Mississippi. In the Eastern United States the red-legged (Caloptenus femurrubrum and C. atlanis) are closely related sp…
GRASSINESS n.
The state of abounding with grass; a grassy state.
GRASSLESS a.
Destitute of grass.
GRASSPLOT n.
A plot or space covered with grass; a lawn. "Here on this grassplot." Shak.
GRASSY a. 2 definitions
Covered with grass; abounding with grass; as, a grassy lawn. Spenser.
AFTERGRASS n.
The grass that grows after the first crop has been mown; aftermath.
ALEPPO GRASS n.
One of the cultivated forms of Andropogon Halepensis (syn. Sorghum Halepense). See Andropogon, below.
ALFA ; ALFA GRASS n.
A plant (Macrochloa tenacissima) of North Africa; also, its fiber, used in paper making.
ARROW GRASS n.
An herbaceous grasslike plant (Triglochin palustre, and other species) with pods opening so as to suggest barbed arrowheads.
BENT GRASS n.
Same as Bent, a kind of grass.
BERMUDA GRASS n.
A kind of grass (Cynodon Dactylon) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now wide-spread in warm countries; -- called also scutch grass, and in Bermuda, devil grass.
BLUE GRASS n.
A species of grass (Poa compressa) with bluish green stems, valuable in thin gravelly soils; wire grass. Kentucky blue grass, a species of grass (Poa pratensis) which has running rootstocks and spreads rapidly. It is valuable as a pasture grass, as it endures both winter and drought better than other kinds, and is very…
BLUE-EYED GRASS n.
a grasslike plant (Sisyrinchium anceps), with small flowers of a delicate blue color.
BLUE-GRASS STATE n.
The Sate of Kentucky; -- a nickname alluding to the blue-grass region, where fine horses are bred.
BROME GRASS n.
A genus (Bromus) of grasses, one species of which is the chess or cheat.
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