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Noun: genus Agrostis
  1. Annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in Northern Hemisphere: bent grass (so named from 'bent' meaning an area of unfenced grassland)
    - Agrostis

Type of: plant genus

Part of: family Graminaceae, family Gramineae, family Poaceae, Graminaceae, Gramineae, grass family, Poaceae

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genus Ageratum
genus Agkistrodon
genus Aglaomorpha
genus Aglaonema
genus Agonus
genus Agrimonia
genus Agriocharis
genus Agrobacterium
genus Agropyron
genus Agrostemma
genus Agrostis
genus Ailanthus
genus Ailuropoda
genus Ailurus
genus Aix
genus Ajaia
genus Ajuga
genus Alauda
genus Albatrellus
genus Albizia
genus Albizzia