Definition of Drop-seed

1. Noun. A grass of the genus Sporobolus.

Exact synonyms: Dropseed
Generic synonyms: Grass
Group relationships: Genus Sporobolus, Sporobolus
Specialized synonyms: Blackseed, Carpet Grass, Smut Grass, Sporobolus Poiretii, Sand Dropseed, Sporobolus Cryptandrus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drop-seed

drop-ball
drop-dead
drop-down
drop-down list
drop-down menu
drop-in
drop-ins
drop-kick
drop-kicker
drop-leaf
drop-leaf table
drop-off
drop-off charge
drop-offs
drop-out
drop-seed (current term)
drop a bollock
drop a bombshell
drop a brick
drop a dime
drop a hint
drop a line
drop acid
drop anchor
drop arch
drop away
drop back
drop backs
drop bear

Literary usage of Drop-seed

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

1. Catalogue of the Flora of Minnesota, Including Its Phaenogamous and Vascular by Warren Upham (1884)
"drop-seed Grass. Minneapolis (bluff of Mississippi river near the University), Upham; ... drop-seed Grass. Through the south part of the state. Lapham. ..."

2. Analytical Class-book of Botany: Designed for Academies and Private Students by Frances Harriet Green, Joseph W. Congdon (1857)
"Wood drop-seed. Culm ascending, very branching; branches diffusely spreading ; leaves lanceolate, with smooth she:iths; panicles contracted, ..."

3. Grasses and Forage Plants: A Practical Treatise, Comprising Their Natural by Charles Louis Flint (1860)
"drop-seed Grass. Spikelets generally one, sometimes two flowered, ... RUSH-LIKE DROP SEED (Sporobolus junceus) is a perennial grass, with long, folding, ..."

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