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Eragrostis
(redirected from Lovegrass)

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n.1.a genus of annual or perennial grasses of tropics and subtropics.
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Noun1.Eragrostis - annual or perennial grasses of tropics and subtropicsEragrostis - annual or perennial grasses of tropics and subtropics
genus Eragrostis
liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
family Graminaceae, family Gramineae, family Poaceae, Graminaceae, Gramineae, grass family, Poaceae - the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane
bay grass, love grass - any of various grasses of the genus Eragrostis; specially useful for forage and for the prevention of erosion
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All trapping webs contained approximately equal amounts of two main vegetation types, semidesert grassland (characterized by Lehmann lovegrass [Eragrostis lehmanniana], three-awn [Aristida spp.
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The report surveys other plants that show promise for erosion control, including a perennial grass from Africa called the weeping lovegrass.
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A perennial known as Lehmann's lovegrass increased 20-fold and the annual grass Aristida adscensionis tripled in abundance.
Rat removal converts shrublands to grass by Cowen, Ron / Science News
 
 
 
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