bentyadj.
/ˈbɛnti/ 1.
a. Of the nature of a rush or grass-stalk.
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1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 4 Slender bentie stalks.
1841 Ld. Cockburn Jrnl. 27 Sept. (1874) I. ix. 305 The gray benty colour of the always drenched pasture.
b. Of or relating to bent or bent-grass.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [adjective] > of particular type
bluegrass1772
benty1807
spinifex1846
red-top1852
the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [adjective]
reedy1577
sedgy1625
arundinaceous1657
arundineous1657
benty1807
cyperaceous1852
juncaceous1855
juncagineous1855
typhaceous1909
1807 J. Headrick View Mineral. Arran 124 The benty grasses, which grow on the sea beach.
2. Covered with bent or bent-grasses.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [adjective] > having or full of
reedy1307
flaggy1382
reedena1387
sedgy1566
rushy1567
saggy1609
secky1610
cany1667
seavy1684
bentya1700
juncous1755
rushed1759
rush-grown1765
spritty1786
spratty1808
reeded1821
sedged1866
a1700 in Maidment Scot. Ball (1868) II. 197 As he came down by Merriemass, And in by the benty line.
1834 Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) I. xii. 292 Coarse benty sward.
1876 J. S. Blackie Songs Relig. & Life 137 Above the benty golfing ground.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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