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‖ agrostis Bot.|əˈgrɒstɪs| [L. agrōstis, ad. Gr. ἄγρωστις some kind of grass; f. ἀγρός field.] A genus of grasses known commonly as Bent.
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Agrostis is commonly used for the species of grass called quick-grass or couch-grass. 1866Moore in Treas. Bot. i. 31/2 The Falkland Islands, Nootka Sound, and Tasmania, may be quoted as some of the outlying stations for the species of Agrostis. |