hair grass

hair grass

See also: hairgrass

English

Noun

hair grass (uncountable)

1. A grass with very slender leaves or branches, as:
   1. Agrostis scabra, a bunchgrass.
   2. Several species of Aira.
   3. Species of junegrass (Koeleria).
   4. Several species of tussock grass (Deschampsia).

Synonyms

• (Agrostis scabra): rough bent grass, rough bent, ticklegrass, tumbleweed, winter bentgrass

Derived terms

• Antarctic hair grass (Deschampsia antarctica)
• crested hair grass (Koeleria macrantha)
• glaucous hair grass (Koeleria glauca)
• silver hair grass (Aira caryophyllea)
• silvery hair grass (Aira caryophyllea)
• tufted hair grass (Deschampsia caespitosa)
• water hair grass (Catabrosa aquatica)

References

• Agrostis scabra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Agrostis scabra on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Agrostis scabra on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Aira on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Aira on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Aira on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Koeleria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Koeleria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Koeleria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Deschampsia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Deschampsia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Deschampsia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for hair grass in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)