Definition of Matgrass

1. a rushlike moorland grass [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Matgrass

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maternofetal
maters
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mateyness
mateynesses
mateys
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Literary usage of Matgrass

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

1. The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural History by William Holl, Neville Wood, Edward Mammatt (1837)
"... Common matgrass; Sutton Coldfield, a little beyond the new Catholic College.— (C. III., Linn.) DIVISION II. ..."

2. A Manual of Weeds: With Descriptions of All the Most Pernicious and by Ada Eljiva Georgia (1914)
"... Knotgrass, matgrass. Time of bloom: June to October. Seed-time: July to November. Range: Nearly everywhere in North America, Europe, and Asia. ..."

3. Familiar Lectures on Botany, Practical, Elementary, and Physiological: With by Lincoln Phelps (1849)
"At c, is the flower of the matgrass, (Nardus,) having but one pistil ; this is separated from the grass family, the greater part of which we shall meet with ..."

4. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"The common Nurd, wr matgrass, Is the only species described. It (9 a worthless grass for agricultural purposes, hut, growing on dry bare moory places, ..."

5. Familiar Lectures on Botany: Explaining the Structure, Classification, and by Lincoln Phelps, Almira (H[art]) Lincoln Phelps (1852)
"... spikenard, a term applied to aromatic ri,-i<' In, (matgrass, Zf.) spike setaceous, straight; flowers 1-sided. grasses. ..."

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