genus agrostis

1. 1.

   annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere: bent grass (so named from `bent' meaning an area of unfenced grassland)

   SynonymsAgrostis

   Broaderplant genus

   Part ofGramineae

Questions about genus agrostis

What does genus agrostis mean?

genus agrostis means "annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere: bent grass (so named from `bent' meaning an area of unfenced grassland)".

What is another word for genus agrostis?

Close synonyms include Agrostis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus agrostis a common word?

genus agrostis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.