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grass

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Edible grasses grass, any plant of the family Poaceae (formerly Gramineae), an important and widely distributed group of vascular plants, having an extraordinary range of adaptation. Numbering...

China grass

(Encyclopedia)China grass: see nettle.

Grass, Günter

(Encyclopedia)Grass, Günter günˈtər gräs [key], 1927–2015, German novelist, lyricist, artist, and playwright, b. Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland). Writing from his experience in the Hitler Youth, the German army...

grass pink

(Encyclopedia)grass pink: see orchid.

herd's-grass

(Encyclopedia)herd's-grass: see timothy; bent grass. ...

buffalo grass

(Encyclopedia)buffalo grass, low perennial grass (Buchloe dactyloides) of the plains regions, one of the most important range grasses. Its dense matted growth is valuable also in erosion control. Buffalo grass usua...

bur grass

(Encyclopedia)bur grass: see sandbur.

beach grass

(Encyclopedia)beach grass or marram grass mârˈəm [key], any species of the genus Ammophila, perennial grasses used to control the shifting of sand dunes, thereby protecting sandy coastal areas. The European beac...

Johnson grass

(Encyclopedia)Johnson grass: see sorghum.

cotton grass

(Encyclopedia)cotton grass, common name for sedges of the genus Eriophorum. ...