Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of grasses, of the tribe Paniceæ.

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  • noun annual or perennial grasses of warm regions: bristlegrasses

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Examples

  • The pine-apple forms the ornament of the fields near the Havannah, where it is planted in parallel rows; on the sides of the Duida it embellishes the turf of the savannahs, lifting its yellow fruit, crowned with a tuft of silvery leaves, above the setaria, the paspalum, and a few cyperaceae.

    Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

  • It may also be inferred, from one variety of wheat being the so-called Egyptian, and from what is known of the native country of the panicum and setaria, as well as from the nature of the weeds which then grew mingled with the crops, that the lake-inhabitants either still kept up commercial intercourse with some southern people or had originally proceeded as colonists from the South.

    The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. Charles Darwin 1845

  • The pine-apple forms the ornament of the fields near the Havannah, where it is planted in parallel rows; on the sides of the Duida it embellishes the turf of the savannahs, lifting its yellow fruit, crowned with a tuft of silvery leaves, above the setaria, the paspalum, and a few cyperaceae.

    Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814

  • To infuse color into a neutral-shade area and welcome in the fall or holiday season, try wreaths made of dried green and copper colored magnolia leaves adorned with dried autumn oak leaves, setaria, magnolia pods, yarrow and fall gourds.

    consumer digest, luxury cars, luxury watches, luxury bedding, romantic gifts, gift baskets 2009

  • [...] mach ich jetzt aus persönlichen Gründen mal keinen Scherz drüber,. .der Kann sich jedenfalls folgenden Rucksack [...] setaria Says:

    Dragon Mask 2006

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