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Definition of Knotgrasses
1. knotgrass [n] - See also: knotgrass
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knotgrasses
Literary usage of Knotgrasses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1902)
"... the Section Avicularia (Bird's knotgrasses) still offer many perplexing problems.
Even some of the commoner forms of this group fail to find recognition ..."
2. The German Arctic Expedition of 1869-70: And Narrative of the Wreck of the by Karl Koldewey (1874)
"... the early spring-time at home when the fresh green is everywhere, but the
growth of the plants is still low. Here the different kinds of knotgrasses; ..."
3. An Analytical Dictionary of the English Language, in which the Words are by David Booth (1836)
"They are not, however, all knotgrasses; for the genera of the sexual system are
characterized independently of the forms of the stem. ..."
4. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"... 1-seeded trigonous or compressed nut, lateral incurved embryo, the cotyledons
not contorted. This ii a very extensive genus, containing the knotgrasses, ..."
5. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission by United States Fish Commission (1892)
"The low sloping bars of these islands were covered with knotgrasses aud mints.
Darters were found iu abundance on the clear, swift ripples, while minnows ..."
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