Definition of Rush-grass

1. Noun. Grass having wiry stems and sheathed panicles.

Exact synonyms: Rush Grass
Generic synonyms: Grass
Group relationships: Genus Sporobolus, Sporobolus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rush-grass

rusa deer
rusakovite
rusalka
rusalkas
rusalki
rusalky
rusas
rusbank
rusbanks
ruscuses
ruse
ruses
rush
rush'd
rush(a)
rush-hour
rush along
rush aster
rush away
rush candle
rush family
rush hour
rush nut
rush off
rush out
rush rose
rushbuckler
rushbucklers

Literary usage of Rush-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)
"Sheathed rush-grass Our other species of these grasses grow in dry or sandy soil and may be looked for in late summer and early autumn, when with a low ..."

2. Catalogue of the Flora of Minnesota Including Its Phaenogamous and Vascular by Warren Upham (1884)
"Rush-Grass. Lapham. Hennepin and Goodhue counties, ... Rush-Grass. Red river valley, at Pembina, Havard. West. S. junceus, Kunth. Drop-seed Grass. Lapham. ..."

3. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter (1903)
"SHEATHED rush-grass. (Man. p. 105; IF/. 344.) In dry soil, NY to Mo., ... ROUGH rush-grass. (Man. p. 104; IF /. 341. ) In dry soil, Del. to 111., ..."

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