wheat-grass
111Canary grass — Taxobox name = Canary grass image width = 250px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Poales familia = Poaceae genus = Phalaris species = P. canariensis binomial = Phalaris canariensis binomial authority =… …
112Indian grass — Indian In di*an (?; 277), a. [From India, and this fr. Indus, the name of a river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr. ?, OPers. Hindu, name of the land on the Indus, Skr. sindhu river, the Indus. Cf. {Hindu}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to India… …
113Italian rye grass — Rye Rye (r[imac]), n. [OE. rie, reie, AS. ryge; akin to Icel. rugr, Sw. r[*a]g, Dan. rug, D. rogge, OHG. rocco, roggo, G. rocken, roggen, Lith. rugei, Russ. roje, and perh. to Gr. o ryza rice. Cf. {Rice}.] 1. (Bot.) A grain yielded by a hardy… …
114Rye grass — Rye Rye (r[imac]), n. [OE. rie, reie, AS. ryge; akin to Icel. rugr, Sw. r[*a]g, Dan. rug, D. rogge, OHG. rocco, roggo, G. rocken, roggen, Lith. rugei, Russ. roje, and perh. to Gr. o ryza rice. Cf. {Rice}.] 1. (Bot.) A grain yielded by a hardy… …
115goat grass — noun European grass naturalized as a weed in North America; sharp pointed seeds cause injury when eaten by livestock • Syn: ↑Aegilops triuncalis • Hypernyms: ↑grass • Member Holonyms: ↑Aegilops, ↑genus Aegilops * * * noun …
116Hard grass — (gr[.a]s ). (Bot.) A name given to several different grasses, especially to the {Roltb[ o]llia incurvata}, and to the species of {[AE]gilops}, from one of which it is contended that wheat has been derived. [1913 Webster] …
117dog-grass — dogˈ grass or dogˈ wheat noun Couch grass or a related species • • • Main Entry: ↑dog …
118Black grass — Black Black (bl[a^]k), a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[ae]c; akin to Icel. blakkr dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[ a]ck ink, Dan. bl[ae]k, OHG. blach, LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS. bl[=a]c, E. bleak pallid. [root]98.] 1. Destitute of… …
119mitchell grass — ˈmichəl noun Usage: usually capitalized M Etymology: probably after Thomas L. Mitchell died 1855 Scottish explorer in Australia : any of several Australian grasses of the genus Astrebla with flowering spikes resembling wheat * * * Mitchell grass …
120Agropyrum caninum — Wheat Wheat (hw[=e]t), n. [OE. whete, AS. hw[=ae]te; akin to OS. hw[=e]ti, D. weit, G. weizen, OHG. weizzi, Icel. hveiti, Sw. hvete, Dan. hvede, Goth. hwaiteis, and E. white. See {White}.] (Bot.) A cereal grass ({Triticum vulgare}) and its grain …
