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Definition of Chloris truncata
1. Noun. Perennial Australian grass having numerous long spikes arranged like the vanes of a windmill.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chloris Truncata
Literary usage of Chloris truncata
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Select Extra-tropical Plants: Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1895)
"Chloris truncata, E. Brown. The Windmill-grass. South-Eastern Australia, as far
south as Port Phillip. This perennial and showy grass is regarded by Mr. ..."
2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"Wheat G.—Short-awned— Triticum multiflorum, Banks and Sol. (NZ) 135. White-topped
G.— Danthonia longifolia, R.Br. (A.) 136. Windmill G.— Chloris truncata, ..."
3. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1907)
"Chloris truncata. "Windmill grass," or "star grass." An erect grass, perennial
and showy. Valuable as a forage plant; an excellent summer and autumn grass. ..."
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