Definition of Genus agrostis

1. Noun. Annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere: bent grass (so named from 'bent' meaning an area of unfenced grassland).

Exact synonyms: Agrostis
Generic synonyms: Plant Genus
Group relationships: Family Graminaceae, Family Gramineae, Family Poaceae, Graminaceae, Gramineae, Grass Family, Poaceae
Member holonyms: Bent, Bent Grass, Bent-grass

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Agrostis

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
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
genus Albula
genus Alca

Literary usage of Genus agrostis

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

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"Type of the genus agrostis: AS HITCHCOCK. In view of the fact that stable generic nomenclature depends upon the method of fixing the type of each genus, ..."

2. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1904)
"The distinction is not clear und Brown states (hat the genus Agrostis is ... His genus Agrostis is founded on A. rubra L., of which he gives a plate, ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1801)
"This species was first referred to this genus by Dr. Schreber. In the genus Agrostis, there seems to have existed little mora iban a tissue of mistakes; ..."

4. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Angus, Or Forfarshire: With by James Headrick (1813)
"The genus Agrostis, or Bent-grass, is abundant. A Dr Richardson of Ireland, has written strongly in favour of this family of grasses ; but from his ..."

5. A Practical Treatise on Grasses and Forage Plants: Comprising Their Natural by Charles Louis Flint (1857)
"It was called simply English grass by Eliot, Deane and other early writers, and by the English, Fine Bent. Indeed, the whole genus agrostis is commonly ..."

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