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Added 8 October 2026

agrostis

noun

Latin root: agrōstis Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about agrostis at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere: bent grass (so named from `bent' meaning an area of unfenced grassland).

Origin

From New Latin agrōstis, via the genus name taxonomic name Agrostis.

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