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21bear grass — bear′ grass or bear′grass n. 1) pln a tall W North American plant, Xerophyllum tenax, of the lily family, having grasslike foliage 2) pln any of several plants of the agave family, having linear, grasslike leaves, as those of the genera Nolina… …
22grass — [gras, gräs] n. [ME gras < OE gærs, græs, akin to Ger gras < IE * ghrō , GROW] 1. any of various plants of the grass family that are usually used for food, fodder, or grazing and as lawns 2. any grasslike plant of various families having… …
23alkali grass — noun plant of western North America having grasslike leaves and greenish white flowers • Syn: ↑Zigadenus elegans • Hypernyms: ↑death camas, ↑zigadene • Member Holonyms: ↑Zigadenus, ↑genus Zigadenus * * * …
24brodiaea — noun any of several plants of the genus Brodiaea having basal grasslike leaves and globose flower heads on leafless stems resembling those of genus Allium • Hypernyms: ↑liliaceous plant • Hyponyms: ↑elegant brodiaea, ↑Brodiaea elegans • Member… …
25tape grass — noun submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World and Australia • Syn: ↑eelgrass, ↑wild celery, ↑Vallisneria spiralis • Hypernyms: ↑aquatic plant, ↑water plant, ↑hydrophyte, ↑hydrophytic pla …
26sea grass — noun 1. a. : a tassel grass (Ruppia maritima) b. : a plant of the genus Salicornia (especially S. europaea) c. : thrift 6 d …
27water grass — noun 1. : any of various grasses or grasslike plants that thrive in wet places: as a. : dallis grass b. dialect England : velvet grass c. dialect England …
28acoumbo — Black Black (bl[a^]k), a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[ae]c; akin to Icel. blakkr dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[ a]ck ink, Dan. bl[ae]k, OHG. blach, LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS. bl[=a]c, E. bleak pallid. [root]98.] 1. Destitute of… …
29Acrocephalus phragmitis — Sedge Sedge, n. [OE. segge, AS. secg; akin to LG. segge; probably named from its bladelike appearance, and akin to L. secare to cut, E. saw a cutting instrument; cf. Ir. seisg, W. hesg. Cf. {Hassock}, {Saw} the instrument.] 1. (Bot.) Any plant of …
30Acrocephalus streperus — Reed Reed, n. [AS. hre[ o]d; akin to D. riet, G. riet, ried, OHG. kriot, riot.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to many tall and coarse grasses or grasslike plants, and their slender, often jointed, stems, such as the various kinds of bamboo, and… …
