Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of grasses, of about a dozen species, growing in the cooler temperate regions of the old world.
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- noun a monocotyledonous grass of the family Gramineae (has only one species)
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Examples
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Hi Monachi sunt Arabes, et Græci, et in magno conuentu multum Deo deuoti: viuunt in magna abstinentia, vtentes simplicibus cibariis, de lotis et dactylis, et huiusmodi, nec vinum potantes, festis acceptis.
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Hi Monachi sunt Arabes, et Gr鎐i, et in magno conuentu multum Deo deuoti: viuunt in magna abstinentia, vtentes simplicibus cibariis, de lotis et dactylis, et huiusmodi, nec vinum potantes, festis acceptis.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Monachi sunt Arabes, et Græci, et in magno conuentu multum Deo deuoti: viuunt in magna abstinentia, vtentes simplicibus cibariis, de lotis et dactylis, et huiusmodi, nec vinum potantes, festis acceptis.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I Richard Hakluyt 1584
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