ripple grass

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ripple grass - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ribwort \Rib"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
     A species of plantain (Plantago lanceolata) with long,
     narrow, ribbed leaves; -- called also rib grass, ripple grass
     , ribwort plantain.
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  Ripple \Rip"ple\, n.
     1. The fretting or dimpling of the surface, as of running
        water; little curling waves.
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     2. A little wave or undulation; a sound such as is made by
        little waves; as, a ripple of laughter.
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     Ripple grass. (Bot.) See Ribwort.
  
     Ripple marks, a system of parallel ridges on sand, produced
        by wind, by the current of a steam, or by the agitation of
        wind waves; also (Geol.), a system of parallel ridges on
        the surface of a sandstone stratum.
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