Agrostis

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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