joint-grassn.
/ˈdʒɔɪntɡrɑːs/, /ˈdʒɔɪntɡras/, U.S. /ˈdʒɔɪntˌɡræs/ A local name for the herbs Horsetail (Equisetum), and Lady's Bedstraw ( Galium verum) (Britten and Holland); also, in southern U.S., the grass Paspalum distichum (Cent. Dict.).
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Rubiaceae or Galiaceae (bedstraw, etc.) > [noun]
wild madderc1450
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Our Lady bedstraw1527
Our Lady's bedstraw1543
galion1548
maidenhair1548
purple goose-grass1548
cheese renning1578
crosswort1578
golden mugget1578
petty mugget1578
lady's bedstraw1585
maid's hair1597
cheese rennet1599
runnet1678
field madder1684
mugweed1690
rondeletia1739
Richardia1755
petty madder1760
madderlen1770
galium1785
Sherardia1785
joint-grass1790
mugwort1796
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bedstraw1820
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > non-British grasses > [noun] > tropical > paspalum grasses
sour grass1756
Paspalum1772
joint-grass1790
Hilo grass1888
1790 W. Marshall Agric. Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Midland Counties II. 438 Joint grass, galium verum, yellow bedstraw.
1835 W. G. Simms Partisan 55 Rebellion grows like joint-grass when it once takes root.
1894 J. M. Coulter Bot. W. Texas iii. 499 Joint grass... Moist places throughout Texas and across the continent.
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