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Definition of Blackseed
1. Noun. Grass native to West Indies but common in southern United States having tufted wiry stems often infested with a dark fungus.
Group relationships: Genus Sporobolus, Sporobolus
Generic synonyms: Drop-seed, Dropseed
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blackseed
Literary usage of Blackseed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1899)
"Creeping bush-clover. Coffey county. (H) 43. Medicago lupulina L. blackseed hop-clover.
Lyon and other counties of southeastern Kansas. ..."
2. A History of American Manufactures from 1608 to 1860 by Edwin Troxell Freedley, John Leander Bishop, Edward Young (1866)
"The crops of blackseed cotton, in this and two following years, were nearly cut
off by the "rot," in consequence of which, and of the low price of cotton, ..."
3. Transactions of the Annual Meetings of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science, Kansas Academy of Science Meeting (1899)
"Creeping bush-clover. Coffey county. (H) 43. Medicago lupulina L. blackseed hop-clover.
Lyon and other counties of southeastern Kansas. ..."
4. Garden Farming by Lee Cleveland Corbett (1913)
"Standard cutting lettuces are (1) Simpson's blackseed, a strong growing sort well
suited to either house or outdoor culture; (2) Grand Rapids Forcing, ..."
5. Use of water in irrigation by Samuel Fortier (1916)
"... cost of production of the long staples, such as Durango, Snowflake and blackseed
would be about $55, the difference being in the picking and ginning. ..."
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