Agrostis

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any grass of the genus Agrostis of bentgrasses. uncountable, usually

    "Above, see those delicate threads of the purple amoret, with its flood of anthers that are nearly yellow; the snowy pyramids of the meadow-sweet, the green tresses of the wild oats, the slender plumes of the agrostis, which we call wind-ear; roseate hopes, decking love's earliest dream and standing forth against the gray surroundings."

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bentgrassgenus agrostis

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"Above, see those delicate threads of the purple amoret, with its flood of anthers that are nearly yellow; the snowy pyramids of the meadow-sweet, the green tresses of the wild oats, the slender plumes of the agrostis, which we call wind-ear; roseate hopes, decking love's earliest dream and standing forth against the gray surroundings."

Etymology

From New Latin agrōstis, via the genus name translingual Agrostis.

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