Manna Grass - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: manna grassmanna grass
Any of several tall slender grasses of the genus Glyceria They have long loose panicles have a sweet flavor or odor and grow in moist places Nerved manna grass is Glyceria nervata and Floating manna grass is Glyceria fluitans...
manna ash
A South Mediterranean ash Fraxinus ornus having fragrant white flowers in dense panicles and yielding manna...
Manna croup
The portions of hard wheat kernels not ground into flour by the millstones a kind of semolina prepared in Russia and used for puddings soups etc called also manna groats...
manna gum
A tall tree Eucalyptus viminalis yielding a false manna...
Quitch grass
A perennial grass Agropyrum repens having long running rootstalks by which it spreads rapidly and pertinaciously and so becomes a troublesome weed Also called couch grass quack grass quick grass twitch grass See Illustration in Appendix...
Bermuda grass
A kind of grass Cynodon Dactylon esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States It is a native of Southern Europe but is now wide spread in warm countries called also scutch grass and in Bermuda devil grass...
Bunch grass
A grass growing in bunches and affording pasture In California Atropis tenuifolia Festuca scabrella and several kinds of Stipa are favorite bunch grasses In Utah Eriocoma cuspidata is a good bunch grass...
Gama grass
A species of grass Tripsacum dactyloides tall stout and exceedingly productive cultivated in the West Indies Mexico and the Southern States of North America as a forage grass called also sesame grass...
Johnson grass
A tall perennial grass Sorghum Halepense valuable in the Southern and Western States for pasture and hay The rootstocks are large and juicy and are eagerly sought by swine Called also Cuba grass Means grass Evergreen millet and Arabian millet...
Ray grass
A perennial European grass Lolium perenne called also rye grass and red darnel See Darnel and Grass...
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