Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of grasses of the tribe Agrostideæ, type of the subtribe Phleoideæ, and characterized by the dense cylindrical or ovoid spike, with the empty glumes wingless, mucronate, or short-awned, and much longer than the flowering one.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A genus of grasses, including the timothy (
Phleum pratense ), which is highly valued for hay; cat's-tail grass.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun grasses native to temperate regions
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The spike is shorter than the spike of the phleum pratense, and is also softer.
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