Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) An American genus (Rhexia) of perennial herbs, with opposite leaves, and showy flowers (usually bright purple), with four petals and eight stamens, -- the only genus of the order Melastomaceæ inhabiting a temperate clime.
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- noun botany A species of
grass native to the southwesternUnited States , Muhlenbergia rigens - noun botany
American perennial herbs withshowy flowers in thegenus Rhexia.
Etymologies
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deer + grass
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Examples
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Fuegian arrowgrass Tetroncium magellanicium and mossy deergrass Scirpus spp. are the only abundant vascular plants found in bogs, although bog margins show a wider diversity, including various grasses.
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I’ve been trying to restrict myself to its non-pink cousin, deergrass, because that’s what’s native in my area – but the pink version keeps tempting me.
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