genus Agrostis


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Noun1.genus Agrostis - annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere: bent grass (so named from `bent' meaning an area of unfenced grassland)genus Agrostis - annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere: bent grass (so named from `bent' meaning an area of unfenced grassland)
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
bent grass, bent-grass, bent - grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens
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The genus Agrostis, commonly known as the bentgrasses, is an extremely diverse and highly outcrossing genus.
The greatest show on turf
has nine synonyms in genus Agrostis or Bromidium (Soreng et al., 2002).
AFLP analyses of genetic diversity in bentgrass
THE TAXONOMIC CLASSIFICATION of the genus Agrostis is one of the most complicated of the grass genera.
Ploidy determination in Agrostis using flow cytometry and morphological traits. (Turfgrass Science)

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