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Definition of Fiorin
1. n. A species of creeping bent grass (Agrostis alba); -- called also fiorin grass.
Definition of Fiorin
1. Noun. (botany) A species of creeping bentgrass (''Agrostis alba''). ¹
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Definition of Fiorin
1. a type of grass [n -S]
Medical Definition of Fiorin
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Fiorin
Literary usage of Fiorin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1896)
"Besides several letters on fiorin grass to the ' Gentleman's Magazine ' between
... 'The Cultivation of fiorin : a Letter to the Bath and West of England ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1816)
"That fiorin suits Northern latitudes, ii established by tbe exultation of the
DANES, who have already cultivated fiorin extensively, 1and are profuse in ..."
3. Retrospect of Philosophical, Mechanical, Chemical, and Agricultural Discoveries (1815)
"Memoir on tht fiorin Grass, by Mr. ROBERT ... Mr. Curwen had been a sceptic as
to pre-eminent va'ue of fiorin grass, as contended for by iis admirers, ..."
4. Select Reviews of Literature, and Spirit of Foreign Magazines edited by Enos Bronson (1812)
"ON fiorin GRASS. (With a Plate.) THE tribe of GRASSES, ranks high in the vegetable
system. It is the best known, and most general of any family of plants, ..."
5. The Repertory of Patent Inventions: And Other Discoveries and Improvements (1818)
"A Report on the Cultivation and Application fiorin Grass. By the Rev. WB BARTER.
from the LETTERS and PAPERS of the BATH and WEST of ENGLAND SOCIETY. ..."
6. The American Farmer's Instructor, Or Practical Agriculturist: Comprehending by Francis S. Wiggins (1840)
"The fiorin or bent grass, sometimes called creeping bent grass, affords a wholesome
food to cattle—is a very common grass in England, and many parts of ..."
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