Agrostis

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A genus of grasses, including species called in common language bent grass. Some of them, as redtop (Agrostis vulgaris), are valuable pasture grasses.

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Agrostis - annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere: bent grass (so named from `bent' meaning an area of unfenced grassland) Synonyms: genus Agrostis

bent, bent grass, bent-grass, family Graminaceae, family Gramineae, family Poaceae, genus Agrostis, Graminaceae, Gramineae, grass family, plant genus, Poaceae