Definition of Agropyron repens

1. Noun. European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Agropyron Repens

Agrimonia eupatoria
Agrimonia procera
Agrinio
Agrinion
Agriocharis
Agriocharis ocellata
Agrippa
Agrippina
Agrippina the Elder
Agrippina the Younger
Agrobacterium tumifaciens
Agropyron
Agropyron cristatum
Agropyron intermedium
Agropyron pauciflorum
Agropyron repens (current term)
Agropyron smithii
Agropyron subsecundum
Agropyron trachycaulum
Agrostemma
Agrostemma githago
Agrostis
Agrostis alba
Agrostis canina
Agrostis nebulosa
Agrostis palustris
Aguaruna
Aguascalientes
Agul
Aguly

Literary usage of Agropyron repens

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1896)
"5. A. caninum. Spikes long and slender; empty scales narrow, 3-5-nerved. 4. A. tenerum. 1. Agropyron repens (L.) ..."

2. Report (1913)
"Agropyron repens (Lin.) Beauv. Quack Grass. Marl bed. Rare. 55. ... Agropyron repens and its varieties are very troublesome weeds if allowed to gain a ..."

3. Bulletin by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo) (1899)
"... spores of Puccinia graminis on green leaves of Agropyron repens (quack grass) frozen in solid ice. 85-90 per cent, of these germinated on first trial. ..."

4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"Couch-G., Agropyron repens. Crab-G., Eleusine and Digitaria sanguinalis. Crested Dog's-tail G., Cynosurus cristatus. Deer-G., Rhexia virginica. ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Agropyron repens on Dictionary.com!Search for Agropyron repens on Thesaurus.com!Search for Agropyron repens on Google!Search for Agropyron repens on Wikipedia!

Search