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grass
n. In Australia, as elsewhere, the name Grass is sometimes given to plants which are not of thenatu...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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grass
A vulgar contraction of sparrow-grass, i. e. asparagus. Further than this the force of corruption ca...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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bamboo-grass
n. an Australian cane-like grass, Glyceria ramigera, F. v. M. ; also called CaneGrass. Largely used...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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barcoo-grass
n. an Australian grass, Anthistiria membranacea, Lindl. One of the best pasturegrasses in Queenslan...
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bent-grass
. n. See grass. 1835. Ross, `Hobart Town Almanack,' p. 65: «Agrostis virginica. Virginian Agrosti...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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button-grass
n. Schaenussphaerocephalus, Poiret, N.O. Cyperaceae. The grassis found covering barren boggy land i...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cutting-grass
n. Cladium psittacorum,Labill., N.O. Cyperaceae. It grows very long narrowblades whose thin rigid e...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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grass-bird
n. In New Zealand, Sphenoeacus//sic. otherwhere Sphenaeacus GJC// punctatus, Gray, thesame as Fern-...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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grass-parrakeet
n. a bird of the genus Euphema. The Australian species are – – Blue-winged Parrakeet Euphema aurant...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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grass-tree
n. 1) The name applied to treesof the genus Xanthorrhoea, N.O. Liliaceae, of whichthirteen species ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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kangaroo-grass
n. a name given to severalspecies of grasses of the genera Anthistiria and Andropogon, chiefly from...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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landsborough grass
n. a valuable Queenslandfodder grass of a reddish colour, Anthistiriamembranacea, Lindl., N.O. Gram...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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mitchell-grass
n. an Australian grass, Astrebla elymoides, A. triticoides, F. v. M., N.O. Gramineae. Two other spe...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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mulga-grass
n. an Australian grass, Danthonia penicillata, F. v. M.; also Neurachnemitchelliana, Nees. See also...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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nut-grass
n. an Australian plant, Cyperus rotundus, Linn., N.O. Cyperaceae. The specific andthe vernacular na...
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oat-grass
n. Anthistiria avenacea,F. v. M., N.O. Gramineae. A species of Kangaroo-Grass (q.v.). See also Gras...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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porcupine-grass
n. the name given to certainspecies of Triodia, of which the more important are T. mitchelli, Benth...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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snow-grass
n. Poa caespitosa,G. Forst., another name for Wiry grass (q.v.).See also Grass. 1875. Wood and Lap...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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spear-grass
n. name given to several grasseswhose spear-like seeds spoil the wool of sheep, but which areyet ex...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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sugar-grass
n. an Australian grass, Erianthus fulvus, Kunth., N.O. Gramineae. 1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Nati...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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sword-grass
n. In New Zealand, Arundoconspicua; in Australia, Cladium psittacorum,Labill. It is not the same as...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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tolmer's grass
n. a fibrous plant, Lepidosperma gladiatum, Labill., N.O. Cyperaceae,suitable for manufacture of pa...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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tussock-grass
n. Tussock is an English wordfor a tuft of grass. From this a plant of the lily family, Lomandra lo...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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umbrella-grass
i.q. Native Millet, Panicumdecompositum, R. Br., N.O. Gramineae. See Millet. It is called Umbrella-g...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wallaby-grass
n. an Australian grass, Danthonia penicillata, F. v. M., N.O. Gramineae. 1889. J. H. Maiden, `Usef...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wiry-grass
and Wiry-grass See grass. 1883. E. M. Curr, `Recollections of Squatting in Victoria'(1841-1851), p...
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wire-grass
and Wiry-grass See grass. 1883. E. M. Curr, `Recollections of Squatting in Victoria'(1841-1851), p...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bent grass
(Genus, agrostis.) The popular name in the Northern States for a common grass, sometimes called red-...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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buffalo grass
A species of short grass from two to four inches high, covering the boundless prairies on which the ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cut-grass
(Leersia oryzoides.) The common name of a species of grass, with leaves exceedingly rough backward, ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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eel-grass
(Zostera marina.) A plant thrown ashore in large quantities by the sea. It is also called Sea-wrack....
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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guinea grass
A species of grass cultivated in the West Indies, used as fodder for horses.--Carmichael's W. Indies...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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sparrow grass
A vulgar pronunciation of asparagus both in England and America. Hence the celebrated charade by a c...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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timothy grass
(Phleum pratense.) The common name for the Herd's Grass; said to be derived from Timothy Hanson, one...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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toothache grass
(Lat. monocera aromatica.) A singular kind of grass which grows in Florida, with a naked stalk four ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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grass-leaved fern
n. Vittaria elongata,Swartz, N.O. Filices. 1883. F. M. Bailey, `Synopsis of Queensland Flora,' p. ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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porcupine-grass ant
n. popular name given to Hypoclinea flavipes, Kirby, an ant making its nest roundthe root of the Po...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rat-tail grass
n. name given to – – (1) Ischaemum laxum, R. Br., N.O. Gramineae. 1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Nati...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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roly-poly grass
or Roley-poley, n. name given to Panicum macractinium, Benth., N.O. Gramineae; and also to Salsola ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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woolly-headed grass
n. an indigenousAustralian grass, Andropogon bombycinus, R. Br. 1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.