A·gros·tis n. A genus of grasses, including species called in common language bent grass. Some of them, as redtop (Agrostis vulgaris), are valuable pasture grasses.
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Agrostis
n : annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern
hemisphere: bent grass (so named from `bent' meaning an
area of unfenced grassland) [syn: genus Agrostis]