bent grass
nounEtymology From bent + grass.
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Usually Any of several grasses, of the genus Agrostis, native to temperate climates; grown for pasture, turf and for putting greens and golf courses.
- A secondary protective device used near Greystones consists in the planting of bent grass and sea couch grass to aid reclamation of certain areas. Unfortunately, bent grass lends itself to the formation of dunes, which are very vulnerable. Sea couch grass has proved the best so far.1952 May, Frank Jeffares, “Irish Railway Coastal Defence”, in Railway Magazine, page 304:
- Derived terms
- bent grass seed-gall nematode, Blasdale's bent grass, brown bent grass, creeping bent grass, Hall's bent grass, Henderson's bent grass, Hoover's bent grass, Idaho bent grass, marsh bent grass, mountain bent grass, Pacific bent grass, reed bent grass, rough bent grass, silky bent grass, South African bent grass, velvet bent grass, water bent grass, white bent grass