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Agrostis
noun · 78% connection
A genus of grasses, including species called in common language bent grass. Some of them, as redtop (Agrostis vulgaris), are valuable…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, grasses, properly, limited, species.
Analogue
noun · 78% connection
A species or genus in one country closely related to a species of the same genus, or a genus of the same group, in another: such speci…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, grasses, properly, limited, species.
Avena
noun · 78% connection
A genus of grasses, including the common oat (Avena sativa); the oat grasses.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, grasses, properly, limited, species.
Bent
noun · 78% connection
A grass of the genus Agrostis, esp. Agrostis vulgaris, or redtop. The name is also used of many other grasses, esp. in America.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, grasses, properly, limited, species.
Bermuda grass
unknown · 78% connection
A kind of grass (Cynodon Dactylon) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, grasses, properly, limited, species.
Blade
noun · 78% connection
Properly, the leaf, or flat part of the leaf, of any plant, especially of gramineous plants. The term is sometimes applied to the spir…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, grasses, properly, limited, species.
Bunch grass
unknown · 78% connection
A grass growing in bunches and affording pasture. In California, Atropis tenuifolia, Festuca scabrella, and several kinds of Stipa are…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, grasses, properly, limited, species.
Catalpa
noun · 78% connection
A genus of American and East Indian trees, of which the best know species are the Catalpa bignonioides, a large, ornamental North Amer…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, grasses, properly, limited, species.
Cereal
noun · 78% connection
grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat, rice, rye, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, grasses, properly, limited, species.
Darnel
noun · 78% connection
Any grass of the genus Lolium, esp. the Lolium temulentum (bearded darnel), the grains of which have been reputed poisonous. Other spe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, grasses, properly, limited, species.
Dhurra
noun · 78% connection
Indian millet. See Durra.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, grasses, properly, limited, species.
Durra
noun · 78% connection
A kind of millet, cultivated throughout Asia, and introduced into the south of Europe; a variety of Sorghum vulgare; -- called also In…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, grasses, properly, limited, species.
Fennel
noun · 78% connection
A perennial plant of the genus Faeniculum (F. vulgare), having very finely divided leaves. It is cultivated in gardens for the agreeab…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, grasses, properly, limited, species.
Gama grass
unknown · 78% connection
A species of grass (Tripsacum dactyloides) tall, stout, and exceedingly productive; cultivated in the West Indies, Mexico, and the Sou…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, grasses, properly, limited, species.
Horehound
noun · 78% connection
A plant of the genus Marrubium (M. vulgare), which has a bitter taste, and is a weak tonic, used as a household remedy for colds, coug…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, grasses, properly, limited, species.
Indian
adjective · 78% connection
Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian meal, Indian bread, and the like.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, grasses, properly, limited, species.
Jasmine
noun · 78% connection
A shrubby plant of the genus Jasminum, bearing flowers of a peculiarly fragrant odor. The J. officinale, common in the south of Europe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, grasses, properly, limited, species.
Kafal
noun · 78% connection
The Arabian name of two trees of the genus Balsamodendron, which yield a gum resin and a red aromatic wood.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, grasses, properly, limited, species.
