Agrostis

Agrostis (Bent or Bentgrass) is a genus of over 100 species belonging to the grass family Poaceae.Selected speciesAgrostis canina (Velvet Bent)Agrostis capillaris (Common Bent) - also called browntopAgrostis clavata (Northern Bent)Agrostis curtisii (Bristle Bent)Agrostis gigantea (Black Bent) - also called the redtop or redtop grassAgrostis castellana (Highland Bent)Agrostis mertensii (Arctic Bent)Agrostis scabra (Tickle Bent)Agrostis stolonifera (Creeping Bent; syn. A. palustris)Agrostis vineale (Brown Bent)
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Noun
1. annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere: bent grass (so named from `bent' meaning an area of unfenced grassland)
(synonym) genus Agrostis
(hypernym) plant genus
(member-holonym) Gramineae, family Gramineae, Graminaceae, family Graminaceae, Poaceae, family Poaceae, grass family
(member-meronym) bent, bent grass, bent-grass

n. agrostis

(n.)
A genus of grasses, including species called in common language bent grass. Some of them, as redtop (Agrostis vulgaris), are valuable pasture grasses.
  

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