Definition of Genus Agropyron

1. Noun. Perennial grasses of temperate and cool regions: wheatgrass; dog grass.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Agropyron

genus Agaricus
genus Agastache
genus Agathis
genus Agave
genus Agdestis
genus Agelaius
genus Ageratina
genus Ageratum
genus Agkistrodon
genus Aglaomorpha
genus Aglaonema
genus Agonus
genus Agrimonia
genus Agriocharis
genus Agrobacterium
genus Agropyron (current term)
genus Agrostemma
genus Agrostis
genus Ailanthus
genus Ailuropoda
genus Ailurus
genus Aix
genus Ajaia
genus Ajuga
genus Alauda
genus Albatrellus
genus Albizia
genus Albizzia
genus Albuca
genus Albugo

Literary usage of Genus Agropyron

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

1. The Grasses of Iowa by Louis Hermann Pammel, Julius Buel Weems, F. Lamson-Scribner (1904)
"The genus Agropyron, generally distributed in temperate regions, is conspicuous on the plains and in the Rocky Mountain region. The .f. occidental and A. ..."

2. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1876)
"... with perennial roots, which by some botanists have been placed in a distinct genus, agropyron, the most important of which is thu troublesome T. repens. ..."

3. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"... with perennial roots, which by some botanists have been placed in a distinct genus, agropyron, the most important of which is the troublesome Т. терем. ..."

4. Transactions by Thomas Southwell, Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society (1889)
"... plants from Wells and from Side Tarn to regard them both as the same variety of any °"e species. genus Agropyron. I find at Cley and Wells four maritime ..."

5. Bulletin by Iowa Geological Survey, University of Texas Mineral Survey (1904)
"The genus Agropyron, generally distributed in temperate regions, is conspicuous on the plains and in the Rocky Mountain region. The A. occidental? and A. ..."

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