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agrostises

agrostises is the plural of agrostis.

Meaning of agrostis

Noun

agrostis (usually uncountable, plural agrostises)

  1. (usually) Any grass of the genus Agrostis of bentgrasses.
    • Above, see those delicate threads of the purple amoret, with its flood of anthers that are nearly yellow; the snowy pyramids of the meadow-sweet, the green tresses of the wild oats, the slender plumes of the agrostis, which we call wind-ear; roseate hopes, decking love's earliest dream and standing...1891, Katharine Prescott Wormeley, The Lily of the Valley, translation of original by Honore de Balzac

Questions about agrostises

What is agrostises the plural of?
Agrostises is the plural of agrostis.

Words near agrostises in the dictionary

  1. agrosilvofisheries
  2. agrosilvofishery
  3. agrosilvopastoral
  4. agrospraying
  5. agrostis
  6. agrostises
  7. agrostographer
  8. agrostographers
  9. agrostography
  10. agrostologic
  11. agrostological

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