单词 | gramineous plant |
释义 | gramineous plant (once / 738707 pages) n WORD FAMILY gramineous plant: gramineous plants USAGE EXAMPLESProperly, the leaf, or flat part of the leaf, of any plant, especially of gramineous plants. Webster, Noah, Webster's Unabridged Dictionary—(2n...(2012) Europe is indebted to America for this valuable gramineous plant. Gillmore, Parker, Adventures of a Young Naturalist(2010) We passed over an immense plain covered with gramineous plants. Ross, Thomasina, Personal Narrative of Travels to th...(2010) n cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves Syn|Hypo|Hyper graminaceous plant grass narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay Saccharum officinarum, sugar cane, sugarcanetall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar reedtall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites bamboowoody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture beach grasstough grasses with strong roots that can grow on exposed sandy shores bunch grass, bunchgrassany of various grasses of many genera that grow in tufts or clumps rather than forming a sod or mat; chiefly of western United States midgrassany of various grasses of moderate height which covered the undisturbed prairie in the United States; includes most of the forage grasses of the temperate zone short-grass, shortgrassany of various grasses that are short and can tolerate drought conditions; common on the dry upland plains just east of the Rocky Mountains sword grassany of various grasses or sedges having sword-shaped leaves with sharp edges tall-grass, tallgrassany of various grasses that are tall and that flourish with abundant moisture lemon grass, lemongrassa tropical grass native to India and Sri Lanka Aegilops triuncalis, goat grassEuropean grass naturalized as a weed in North America; sharp-pointed seeds cause injury when eaten by livestock wheat-grass, wheatgrassa grass of the genus Agropyron bent, bent grass, bent-grassgrass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens broom grassany of several grasses of the genus Andropogon; used in broom making Arrhenatherum elatius, French rye, evergreen grass, false oat, tall meadow grass, tall oat grasscoarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat; found on roadside verges and rough grassland and in hay meadows; introduced in North America for forage Arundo conspicua, Chionochloa conspicua, toetoe, toitoiused by Maoris for thatching Arundo donax, giant reedlarge rhizomatous perennial grasses found by riversides and in ditches having jointed stems and large grey-white feathery panicles brome, bromegrassany of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions grama, grama grass, gramma, gramma grasspasture grass of plains of South America and western North America Buchloe dactyloides, buffalo grassshort grass growing on dry plains of central United States (where buffalo roam) reed grassany of various tall perennial grasses of the genus Calamagrostis having feathery plumes; natives of marshland fens and wet woodlands of temperate northern hemisphere bur grass, burgrassa grass of the genus Cenchrus Cenchrus tribuloides, field sandbur, sandbur, sandspurgrass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs finger grassany grass of the genus Chloris; occurs in short grassland especially on waste ground or poor soils Cortaderia selloana, pampas grasstall perennial grass of pampas of South America having silvery plumes and growing in large dense clumps Arundo richardii, Cortaderia richardii, plumed tussock, toe toe, toetoetall grass of New Zealand grown for plumelike flower heads Bahama grass, Bermuda grass, Cynodon dactylon, devil grass, doob, kweek, scutch grass, star grasstrailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India Cynodon plectostachyum, giant star grassperennial grass having stems 3 to 4 feet high; used especially in Africa and India for pasture and hay Dactylis glomerata, cocksfoot, cockspur, orchard grasswidely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass crab grass, crabgrass, finger grassgrasses with creeping stems that root freely; a pest in lawns lyme grassa grass of the genus Elymus wild ryeany of several grasses of the genus Elymus bay grass, love grassany of various grasses of the genus Eragrostis; specially useful for forage and for the prevention of erosion plume grassa reedlike grass of the genus Erianthus having large plumes Festuca elatior, fescue, fescue grass, meadow fescuegrass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns Festuca ovina, sheep fescue, sheep's fescuecultivated for sheep pasturage in upland regions or used as a lawn grass silver grassof Australia and New Zealand Holcus lanatus, Yorkshire fog, velvet grasstall European perennial grass having a velvety stem; naturalized in United States and used for forage Holcus mollis, creeping soft grassEuropean perennial grass with soft velvety foliage rye grass, ryegrassany of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses Muhlenbergia schreberi, nimble Will, nimblewillslender branching American grass of some value for grazing in central United States Paspalum dilatatum, dallis grass, dallisgrass, paspalumtall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States Bahia grass, Paspalum notatumperennial tropical American grass used as pasture grass in arid areas of the Gulf States Paspalum distichum, knotgrasslow-growing weedy grass with spikelets along the leaf stems Pennisetum ruppelii, Pennisetum setaceum, fountain grasstall perennial ornamental grass with long nodding flower plumes of tropical Africa and Asia Pennistum villosum, feathertop, feathertop grassnortheastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles Phalaris arundinacea, gardener's garters, lady's laces, reed canary grass, ribbon grassperennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves; Europe and North America Phalaris canariensis, birdseed grass, canary grassCanary Islands grass; seeds used as feed for caged birds Harding grass, Phalaris aquatica, Phalaris tuberosa, hardinggrass, toowomba canary grassperennial grass of Australia and South Africa; introduced in North America as forage grass Phleum pratense, herd's grass, timothygrass with long cylindrical spikes grown in northern United States and Europe for hay Phragmites communis, carrizo, common reed, ditch reedtall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike panicles; widely distributed in moist areas; used for mats, screens and arrow shafts blue grass, bluegrassany of various grasses of the genus Poa meadow grass, meadowgrassany of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture noble canesugarcanes representing the highest development of the species; characterized by large juicy stalks with soft rinds and high sugar content Saccharum bengalense, Saccharum munja, munj, munjatough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets Andropogon furcatus, Andropogon gerardii, blue stem, bluestemtall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States cord grass, cordgrassany of several perennial grasses of the genus Spartina; some important as coastal soil binders drop-seed, dropseeda grass of the genus Sporobolus rush grass, rush-grassgrass having wiry stems and sheathed panicles St. Augustine grass, Stenotaphrum secundatum, buffalo grasslow mat-forming grass of southern United States and tropical America; grown as a lawn grass cereal, cereal grassgrass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet zoysiaany of several creeping grasses of the genus Zoysia Bambusa vulgaris, common bambooextremely vigorous bamboo having thin-walled culms striped green and yellow; so widely cultivated that native area is uncertain Arundinaria gigantea, cane reed, giant canetall grass of southern United States growing in thickets Arundinaria tecta, small cane, switch canesmall cane of watery or moist areas in southern United States Dendrocalamus giganteus, giant bamboo, kyo-chikuimmense tropical southeast Asian bamboo with tough hollow culms that resemble tree trunks Phyllostachys aurea, fishpole bamboo, gosan-chiku, hotei-chikusmall bamboo of southeastern China having slender culms flexuous when young Phyllostachys nigra, black bamboo, kuri-chikusmall bamboo having thin green culms turning shining black Phyllostachys bambusoides, giant timber bamboo, ku-chiku, madakelarge bamboo having thick-walled culms; native of China and perhaps Japan; widely grown elsewhere herb, herbaceous plant a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests |
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