Definition of Reed canary grass

1. Noun. Perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves; Europe and North America.

Exact synonyms: Gardener's Garters, Lady's Laces, Phalaris Arundinacea, Ribbon Grass
Generic synonyms: Grass
Group relationships: Genus Phalaris, Phalaris

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reed Canary Grass

reechiest
reeching
reecho
reechoed
reechoes
reechoing
reechos
reechy
reed
reed-mace
reed-sternberg cells
reed bed
reed beds
reed bunting
reed buntings
reed instrument
reed instrument theory
reed instruments
reed mace
reed organ
reed pipe
reed rhapis
reed section
reed sods
reed stop
reedbed
reedbeds

Literary usage of Reed canary grass

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

1. Forage Plants and Their Culture by Charles Vancouver Piper (1914)
"Reed canary- grass is native to the temperate portions of Europe, Asia and North ... Reed canary-grass is a long- lived, rather coarse perennial grass. ..."

2. Forage Plants and Their Culture by Charles Vancouver Piper (1914)
"Reed canary- grass is native to the temperate portions of Europe, Asia and . ... Reed canary-grass is a long- lived, rather coarse perennial grass. ..."

3. Grasses and Forage Plants: A Practical Treatise, Comprising Their Natural by Charles Louis Flint (1860)
"In the fifth, with reed canary grass and English hay, the English hay was preferred. In the sixth, with reed canary grass and swale, the swale was chosen at ..."

4. Grasses and Forage Plants: A Practical Treatise Comprising Their Natural by Charles Louis Flint (1887)
"In the fifth, with reed canary grass and English hay, the English hay was preferred. In the sixth, with reed canary grass and swale, the swale was chosen at ..."

5. The New International Encyclopædia by Daniel Colt Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"Other closely allied species of Phalaris produce a similar grain, but are inferior in productiveness and quality. Reed canary-grass (Phalaris ..."

6. HIV/Aids Policy in Hawaii by James Lumeng (1992)
"reed canary grass has little wildlife value because it greatly limits nesting and ... reed canary grass is easily matted down by snow and therefore provides ..."

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