Definition of agrostis Agrostis

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What does agrostis mean?

Noun
agrostis - annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere: bent grass (so named from `bent' meaning an area of unfenced grassland)
		genus Agrostis
		plant genus a genus of plants
		family graminaceae, family gramineae, family poaceae, graminaceae, gramineae, grass family, poaceae the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane

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agrostis (n.)
A genus of grasses, including species called in common language bent grass. Some of them, as redtop (Agrostis vulgaris), are valuable pasture grasses.