agrostis

2 definitions found

agrostis - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Agrostis \A*gros"tis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.]
     A genus of grasses, including species called in common
     language bent grass. Some of them, as redtop (Agrostis vulgaris
     ), are valuable pasture grasses.
     [1913 Webster] Agrostographic

agrostis - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Agrostis
      n 1: annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern
           hemisphere: bent grass (so named from `bent' meaning an
           area of unfenced grassland) [syn: Agrostis, genus Agrostis
           ]