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 |
Boat-tail (n.) A large grackle or blackbird (Quiscalus major), found in the Southern United States. |
Brome grass () A genus (Bromus) of grasses, one species of which is the chess or cheat. |
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. |
Cat's-tail (n.) See Timothy, Cat-tail, Cirrus. |
Cat-tail (n.) A tall rush or flag (Typha latifolia) growing in marshes, with long, flat leaves, and having its flowers in a close cylindrical spike at the top of the stem. The leaves are frequently used for seating chairs, making mats, etc. See Catkin. |
Couch grass () See Quitch grass. |
Cross-tail (n.) A bar connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side-lever engine. |
Daggle-tail (a.) Alt. of Daggle-tailed |
Daggle-tail (n.) A slovenly woman |
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. |
Drabble-tail (n.) A draggle-tail |
Draggle-tail (n.) A slattern who suffers her gown to trail in the mire |
Dragon's tail () See Dragon's blood, Dragon's head, etc., under Dragon. |
Fish-tail (a.) Like the of a fish |
Gama grass () A species of grass (Tripsacum dactyloides) tall, stout, and exceedingly productive |
Golden (a.) Made of gold |
Golden (a.) Having the color of gold |
Golden (a.) Very precious |
Golden-eye (n.) A duck (Glaucionetta clangula), found in Northern Europe, Asia, and America. The American variety (var. Americana) is larger. Called whistler, garrot, gowdy, pied widgeon, whiteside, curre, and doucker. Barrow's golden-eye of America (G. Islandica) is less common. |
Golden-rod (n.) A tall herb (Solidago Virga-aurea), bearing yellow flowers in a graceful elongated cluster. The name is common to all the species of the genus Solidago. |
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). |
Guatemala grass () See Teosinte. |
Hair grass () A grass with very slender leaves or branches |
Hard grass () A name given to several different grasses, especially to the Roltbollia incurvata, and to the species of Aegilops, from one of which it is contended that wheat has been derived. |
Hare's-tail (n.) A kind of grass (Eriophorum vaginatum). See Cotton grass, under Cotton. |
Hariali grass () The East Indian name of the Cynodon Dactylon |
Johnson grass () A tall perennial grass (Sorghum Halepense), valuable in the Southern and Western States for pasture and hay. The rootstocks are large and juicy and are eagerly sought by swine. Called also Cuba grass, Means grass, Evergreen millet, and Arabian millet. |
Lion's tail () A genus of labiate plants (Leonurus) |
Lizard's tail () A perennial plant of the genus Saururus (S. cernuus), growing in marshes, and having white flowers crowded in a slender terminal spike, somewhat resembling in form a lizard's tail |
golden parachute | giving top executives lucrative benefits that must be paid by the acquirer if they are discharged after a takeover |
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Bacillus subtilis Bacillus globigii grass bacillus hay bacillus | a species of bacillus found in soil and decomposing organic matter, some strains produce antibiotics |
golden algae | algae having the pigments chlorophyll and carotene and xanthophyll |
golden shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas | shiner of eastern North America having golden glints, sometimes also called `bream' |
vesper sparrow grass finch Pooecetes gramineus | common North American finch noted for its evening song |
grassfinch grass finch | usually brightlyolored Australian weaverbirds, often kept as cage birds |
yellow warbler golden warbler yellowbird Dendroica petechia | yellow-throated American wood warbler |
golden oriole Oriolus oriolus | bright yellow songbird with black wings |
golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos | large eagle of mountainous regions of the northern hemisphere having a golden-brown head and neck |
grass frog Rana temporaria | a common semiterrestrial European frog |
green snake grass snake | either of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in color |
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 |
sharp-tailed grouse sprigtail sprig tail Pedioecetes phasianellus | large grouse of prairies and open forests of western North America |
golden pheasant Chrysolophus pictus | brightly colored crested pheasant of mountains of western and central Asia |
band-tailed pigeon band-tail pigeon bandtail Columba fasciata | wild pigeon of western North America, often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon |
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 |
golden mole | mole of southern Africa having iridescent guard hairs mixed with the underfur |
golden plover | plovers of Europe and America having the backs marked with golden-yellow spots |
golden retriever | an English breed having a long silky golden coat |
tail | the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body |
goldeneye golden-eyed fly | a variety of green lacewing |
browntail brown-tail moth Euproctis phaeorrhoea | small brown and white European moth introduced into eastern United States, pest of various shade and fruit trees |
gold-tail moth Euproctis chrysorrhoea | white furry-bodied European moth with a yellow tail tuft |
golden hamster Syrian hamster Mesocricetus auratus | small lightolored hamster often kept as a pet |
brush-tailed porcupine brush-tail porcupine | porcupine with a tuft of large beaded bristles on the tail |
Virginia deer white tail whitetail white-tailed deer whitetail deer Odocoileus Virginianus | common North American deer, tail has a white underside |
tail fin caudal fin | the tail of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates |
tail feather | feather growing from the tail (uropygium) of a bird |
pentail pen-tail pen-tailed tree shrew | brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third, of Malaysia |
angwantibo golden potto Arctocebus calabarensis | a kind of lemur |
dress suit full dress tailcoat tail coat tails white tie white tie and tails | formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men |
golden calf | (Old Testament) an idol made by Aaron for the Israelites to worship, destroyed by Moses, it is now used to refer to anything worshipped undeservedly |
Golden Gate Bridge | a suspension bridge across the Golden Gate |
grass skirt | a skirt made of long blades of grass |
horizontal tail | the horizontal stabilizer and elevator in the tail assembly of an aircraft |
houndstooth check hound's-tooth check dogstooth check dogs-tooth check dog's-tooth check | textile with a pattern of small broken or jagged checks |
kite tail | a bob on a kite to provide balance |
pot grass green goddess dope weed gage sess sens smoke skunk locoweed Mary Jane | street names for marijuana |
rat-tail file | a thin round file shaped like the tail of a rat |
stern after part quarter poop tail | the rear part of a ship |
tail tail assembly empennage | the rear part of an aircraft |
tail | (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head |
tail fin tailfin fin | one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile |
tail gate | a gate downstream from a lock or canal that is used to control the flow of water at the lower end |
taillight tail lamp rear light rear lamp | lamp (usually red) mounted at the rear of a motor vehicle |
tail rotor anti-torque rotor | rotor consisting of a rotating airfoil on the tail of a singleotor helicopter, keeps the helicopter from spinning in the direction opposite to the rotation of the main rotor |
vertical stabilizer vertical stabiliser vertical fin tail fin tailfin | a stabilizer that is part of the vertical tail structure of an airplane |