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Noun: Agrostis
  1. Annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in Northern Hemisphere: bent grass (so named from 'bent' meaning an area of unfenced grassland)
    - genus Agrostis

Type of: plant genus

Part of: family Graminaceae, family Gramineae, family Poaceae, Graminaceae, Gramineae, grass family, Poaceae

Encyclopedia: Agrostis