Agrostis

Synonyms for "agrostis" (3 found)

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Closest matches (1)

Noun(1 words)
grass genus

Strong matches (1)

Noun(1 words)
plant genus

Related words (1)

Noun(1 words)
tufted grass genus

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

3 entries
grass genusplant genustaxon

More specific

4 entries
Agrostis caninaAgrostis capillarisAgrostis giganteaAgrostis tenuis

Collocations

6 entries
Agrostis caninaAgrostis capillarisAgrostis giganteaAgrostis tenuistemperate grassestufted grass genus

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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.

Source: wiktionary

The ground is littered with fallen trunks that lie crossed and recrossed like storm-lodged wheat; and besides this close forest of pines, the rich moraine soil supports a luxuriant growth of ribbon-leaved grasses--bromus, triticum, calamagrostis, agrostis, etc., which rear their handsome spikes and panicles above your waist.

Source: wiktionary

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