Alfa grass (n.) A plant (Macrochloa tenacissima) of North Africa |
Arrow grass (n.) An herbaceous grasslike plant (Triglochin palustre, and other species) with pods opening so as to suggest barbed arrowheads. |
Bent grass () Same as Bent, a kind of grass. |
Bermuda grass () A kind of grass (Cynodon Dactylon) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now wide-spread in warm countries |
Blue-eyed grass () a grasslike plant (Sisyrinchium anceps), with small flowers of a delicate blue color. |
Blue grass () A species of grass (Poa compressa) with bluish green stems, valuable in thin gravelly soils |
Bottle green () A dark shade of green, like that of bottle glass. |
Brome grass () A genus (Bromus) of grasses, one species of which is the chess or cheat. |
Brunswick green () An oxychloride of copper, used as a green pigment |
Bunch grass () A grass growing in bunches and affording pasture. In California, Atropis tenuifolia, Festuca scabrella, and several kinds of Stipa are favorite bunch grasses. In Utah, Eriocoma cuspidata is a good bunch grass. |
Couch grass () See Quitch grass. |
Dog's-tail grass (n.) A hardy species of British grass (Cynosurus cristatus) which abounds in grass lands, and is well suited for making straw plait |
Doob grass () A perennial, creeping grass (Cynodon dactylon), highly prized, in Hindostan, as food for cattle, and acclimated in the United States. |
Doub grass () Doob grass. |
Gama grass () A species of grass (Tripsacum dactyloides) tall, stout, and exceedingly productive |
Grama grass () The name of several kinds of pasture grasses found in the Western United States, esp. the Bouteloua oligostachya. |
Grass (n.) Popularly: Herbage |
Grass (n.) An endogenous plant having simple leaves, a stem generally jointed and tubular, the husks or glumes in pairs, and the seed single. |
Grass (n.) The season of fresh grass |
Grass (n.) Metaphorically used for what is transitory. |
Grass (v. t.) To cover with grass or with turf. |
Grass (v. t.) To expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc. |
Grass (v. t.) To bring to the grass or ground |
Grass (v. i.) To produce grass. |
Grass-green (a.) Green with grass. |
Grass-green (a.) Of the color of grass |
Grass-grown (a.) Overgrown with grass |
Grass tree () An Australian plant of the genus Xanthorrhoea, having a thick trunk crowned with a dense tuft of pendulous, grasslike leaves, from the center of which arises a long stem, bearing at its summit a dense flower spike looking somewhat like a large cat-tail. These plants are often called "blackboys" from the large trunks denuded and blackened by fire. They yield two kinds of fragrant resin, called Botany-bay gum, and Gum Acaroides. |
Grass tree () A similar Australian plant (Kingia australis). |
Green (superl.) Having the color of grass when fresh and growing |
Green (superl.) Having a sickly color |
Green (superl.) Full of life aud vigor |
Green (superl.) Not ripe |
Green (superl.) Not roasted |
Green (superl.) Immature in age or experience |
Green (superl.) Not seasoned |
Green (n.) The color of growing plants |
Green (n.) A grassy plain or plat |
Green (n.) Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants |
Green (n.) pl. Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets, etc., which in their green state are boiled for food. |
Green (n.) Any substance or pigment of a green color. |
Green (v. t.) To make green. |
Green (v. i.) To become or grow green. |
Green-broom (n.) A plant of the genus Genista (G. tinctoria) |
Green-eyed (a.) Having green eyes. |
Green-eyed (a.) Seeing everything through a medium which discolors or distorts. |
Green-leek (n.) An Australian parrakeet (Polytelis Barrabandi) |
Green-stall (n.) A stall at which greens and fresh vegetables are exposed for sale. |
Guatemala grass () See Teosinte. |
Hair grass () A grass with very slender leaves or branches |
Bacillus subtilis Bacillus globigii grass bacillus hay bacillus | a species of bacillus found in soil and decomposing organic matter, some strains produce antibiotics |
cyanobacteria blue-green algae | predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll, occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats, important as phytoplankton |
yellow-green algae | any alga of the division Chrysophyta with its chlorophyll masked by yellow pigment |
green algae chlorophyte | algae that are clear green in color, often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water |
vesper sparrow grass finch Pooecetes gramineus | common North American finch noted for its evening song |
green-tailed towhee Chlorura chlorura | towhee of the Rocky Mountains |
grassfinch grass finch | usually brightlyolored Australian weaverbirds, often kept as cage birds |
tanager | any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males |
scarlet tanager Piranga olivacea redbird firebird | the male is bright red with black wings and tail |
western tanager Piranga ludoviciana | of western North America, male is black and yellow and orangeed |
summer tanager summer redbird Piranga rubra | of middle and southern United States, male is deep roseed the female mostly yellow |
hepatic tanager Piranga flava hepatica | common tanager of southwestern United States and Mexico |
green frog spring frog Rana clamitans | similar to bullfrog, found in or near marshes and ponds, of United States and Canada |
grass frog Rana temporaria | a common semiterrestrial European frog |
Eurasian green toad Bufo viridis | Eurasian toad with variable chiefly green coloring |
American green toad Bufo debilis | small green or yellow-green toad with small black bars and stripes |
green turtle Chelonia mydas | large tropical turtle with greenish flesh used for turtle soup |
green lizard Lacerta viridis | a common Eurasian lizard about a foot long |
green snake grass snake | either of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in color |
smooth green snake Opheodrys vernalis | of western and central United States |
rough green snake Opheodrys aestivus | of southern and eastern United States |
green snake | any of numerous African colubrid snakes |
garter snake grass snake | any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakes |
grass snake ring snake ringed snake Natrix natrix | harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar, common in England |
viperine grass snake Natrix maura | a small harmless grass snake |
green mamba | green phase of the black mamba |
green peafowl Pavo muticus | peafowl of southeast Asia |
budgerigar budgereegah budgerygah budgie grass parakeet lovebird shell parakeet Melopsittacus undulatus | small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors |
green woodpecker Picus viridis | woodpecker of Europe and western Asia |
greenwing green-winged teal Anas crecca | common teal of Eurasia and North America |
green gland | one of a pair of glands (believed to have excretory functions) in some crustaceans near the base of the large antennae |
lapwing green plover peewit pewit | large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs |
green June beetle figeater | large greenish June beetle of southern United States |
apple aphid green apple aphid Aphis pomi | bright green aphid, feeds on and causes curling of apple leaves |
green peach aphid | yellowish green aphid that is especially destructive to peaches |
green lacewing chrysopid stink fly | pale green unpleasant-smelling lacewing fly having carnivorous larvae |
green monkey African green monkey Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus | common savannah monkey with greenish-grey back and yellow tail |
Acapulco gold Mexican green | a particularly potent variety of marijuana |
farmer's market green market greenmarket | an open-air marketplace for farm products |
grass skirt | a skirt made of long blades of grass |
K jet super acid special K honey oil green cat valium super C | street names for ketamine |
pot grass green goddess dope weed gage sess sens smoke skunk locoweed Mary Jane | street names for marijuana |
soft soap green soap | a soft (or liquid) soap made from vegetable oils, used in certain skin diseases |
green greenness viridity | green color or pigment, resembling the color of growing grass |
sea green | the property of a moderate green color resembling the waters of the sea |
sage green | the color of sage leaves |
bottle green | dark to moderate or greyish green |
chrome green | a brilliant green color |
olive green olive-green | a color that is lighter and greener than olive |
yellow green yellowish green chartreuse Paris green pea green | a shade of green tinged with yellow |