Define the word Agrostis"Agrostis" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Agrostis \A*gros"tis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.]
A genus of grasses, including species called in common
language bent grass. Some of them, as redtop (Agrostis vulgaris), are valuable pasture grasses.
[1913 Webster] Agrostographic
"Agrostis" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
Agrostis
n : annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern
hemisphere: bent grass (so named from `bent' meaning an
area of unfenced grassland) [syn: genus Agrostis]
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