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REED |
Grass plant |
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OATMEAL |
A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass. |
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DRANK |
Wild oats, or darnel grass. See Drake a plant. |
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RHEA |
The ramie or grass-cloth plant. See Grass-cloth plant, under
Grass. |
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GLADEN |
Sword grass; any plant with sword-shaped leaves, esp. the
European Iris foetidissima. |
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NATCHNEE |
An annual grass (Eleusine coracona), cultivated in India
as a food plant. |
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LADY'S HAIR |
A plant of the genus Briza (B. media); a variety of
quaking grass. |
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PIPEWORT |
Any plant of a genus (Eriocaulon) of aquatic or marsh
herbs with soft grass-like leaves. |
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PANIC |
A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass; also, the edible
grain of some species of panic grass. |
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RAMIE |
The grass-cloth plant (B/hmeria nivea); also, its fiber,
which is very fine and exceedingly strong; -- called also China grass,
and rhea. See Grass-cloth plant, under Grass. |
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RYE |
A grain yielded by a hardy cereal grass (Secale cereale),
closely allied to wheat; also, the plant itself. Rye constitutes a
large portion of the breadstuff used by man. |
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HORSE-RADISH |
A plant of the genus Nasturtium (N. Armoracia),
allied to scurvy grass, having a root of a pungent taste, much used,
when grated, as a condiment and in medicine. |
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MAIZE |
A large species of American grass of the genus Zea (Z.
Mays), widely cultivated as a forage and food plant; Indian corn. Also,
its seed, growing on cobs, and used as food for men animals. |
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TUMBLEWEED |
...oots
in the autumn, and is driven by the wind, as a light, rolling mass,
over the fields and prairies; as witch grass, wild indigo, Amarantus
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RICE |
A well-known cereal grass (Oryza sativa) and its seed. This
plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the grain forms a
large porti... |