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Definition of Manna grass
1. Noun. Any of several moisture-loving grasses of the genus Glyceria having sweet flavor or odor.
Group relationships: Genus Glyceria, Glyceria
Specialized synonyms: Glyceria Grandis, Reed Meadow Grass
Generic synonyms: Meadow Grass, Meadowgrass
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manna Grass
Literary usage of Manna grass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of Grasses: An Illustrated Guide to the Common Grasses, and the by Mary Francis Baker (1912)
"Densely flowered Manna-grass is less widely distributed, and in bloom is quite
unlike ... Floating Manna-grass is often found in shallow, running water, ..."
2. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"manna grass. (From the Greek y>««if, tweet; on account of the sweet taste of the
... Common Manna-grass. 2. O. acutiflora Torr.: panicle simple, elongated ..."
3. A Practical Treatise on Grasses and Forage Plants: Comprising Their Natural by Charles Louis Flint (1857)
"The FLOATING MEADOW GRASS, or COMMON manna grass, (poa fluitans^) referred by
Gray to glyceria, differs from the other species of the poa genus in the ..."
4. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter (1903)
"PALE MANNA-GRASS. (Man. p. 144; IF f. 490.) In shallow water, NB to Ont., ...
FLOATING MANNA-GRASS. (Man. p. 144 ; IFy 491.) In swamps, wet places or in ..."
5. Henderson's Hand-book of the Grasses of Great Britain and America: Their by John Henderson (1875)
"FLOATING GLYCERIA, manna grass. (Glyceria Fluitans]— Specific Character.
/ Spikelets 7 to 13 flowered ; lower palet, oblong,, obtuse, or the scarious tip ..."
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