BENT GRASS

any species of the genus Agrostis of the family Gramineae (grass family), chiefly slender, delicate plants native to cool climates. Many are used for forage or lawns. Important species naturalized from Europe include the creeping bent (A. palustris), a lawn and putting-green grass; colonial bent (A. tenuis), frequently used in lawn mixtures; and especially, redtop (A. alba), called also fiorin and herd's-grass. Redtop, a perennial with reddish panicles, is much used (often mixed with clover) for pasture and hay in NE America; it is also effective in erosion control. The cloud grass (A. nebulosa), native to Spain, is cultivated for use as an everlasting. Bent grass is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Liliopsida, order Cyperales, family Gramineae.

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Grasses: Panicum to Danthonia
Book by Robert H. Mohlenbrock; Southern Illinois University Press, 1973
Subjects: Grasses--Illinois--Geographical Distribution--Maps, Grasses--Illinois--Identification, Grasses--Illinois--Pictorial Works
...States is this genus valuable as a forage grass. None of the species in illinois has any...9. Central awn of lemma conspicuously bent near base; glumes obscurely 3-nerved...longespica 9. Awns of lemma not conspicuously bent near base; glumes sharply 1-nerved.
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Whitman, Slavery, and the Emergence of Leaves of Grass
Book by Martin Klammer; Pennsylvania State University Press, 1995
Subjects: African Americans In Literature, Literature And Society--United States--History--19th Century, Race Relations In Literature, Slavery In Literature, Whitman, Walt--1819-1892--Leaves Of Grass, Whitman, Walt--1819-1892--Political And Social Views
...and surely unfit for freedom. Throughout the narrative, Margarets emotionalism is highlighted: she has "strong passions" bent on revenge EPF , 210 , "a sharp and bitter tongue" 213 , and a heart that "had still a remnant of the savage" 224 . Her inhumanity...
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Leaving the M/Other: Whitman, Kristeva, and Leaves of Grass
Book by Beth Jensen; Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2002
Subjects: Difference (Psychology) In Literature, Kristeva, Julia--1941-, Mother And Child In Literature, Motherhood In Literature, Mothers In Literature, Whitman, Walt--1819-1892--Leaves Of Grass
...mock him. The follow- ing lines from As I Ebbd suggest the poets anxiety over patri- archys response to his work. Dejected, he walks alone along the shoreline: O baffled, balked, Bent to the very earth, here preceding what follows,
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Baseball When the Grass Was Real: Baseball from the Twenties to the Forties Told by the Men Who Played It
Book by Donald Honig; University of Nebraska Press, 1993
Subjects: Baseball Players--United States--Biography
...it out against the right field fence. And theres Hack, grateful for a moments rest, bent over out there with his hands on his knees, staring at the grass, huffing and puffing. All of a sudden he hears that ball hit the fence and takes off...
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TVA and the Grass Roots: A Study in the Sociology of Formal Organization
Book by Philip Selznick; University of California Press, 1949
Subjects: Tennessee Valley Authority
6. Decision at the grass roots may be inhibited by the...be feasibly carried out by the grass-roots organization. Where the grass-roots method is ignored, new...traditions of its own of a contrary bent. Moreover, the grassroots policy...
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Red Cedar, White Oak, an Bluestem Grass: the Colors of Mississippian Construction
Journal article by Mary L. Simon; Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology, MCJA, Vol. 27, 2002
...the consistent identification of specific grass seeds from flotation samples derived from...structures may provide indirect evidence of the grass types used for thatch. Two of the most common, but functionally indeterminate, grass grains regularly identified from American...
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Baseball Literary Journals: The Grass-Roots Literature of the Game
Journal article by Richard J. Puerzer; Nine, Vol. 14, 2005
Subjects: Baseball in literature--Analysis, Baseball in literature--History, Baseball--Media coverage, Baseball--Portrayals, Kinsella, W.P.--Works, Sports literature--Analysis, Sports literature--History
...Baseball Literary Journals: The Grass-Roots Literature of the Game...abundance and splendor at a grass-roots level. SPACE Over the...of an idealistic and positive bent along with a number of pieces...baseball fans to experience true grass-roots baseball through the...
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From Granite to Grass: Graham Greene, Travel and the Primitive
Journal article by Adam Schwartz; Renascence: Essays on Values in Literature, Vol. 55, 2002
Subjects: Authors, English--Behavior, Authors, English--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Greene, Graham--Behavior, Greene, Graham--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Intellectuals--Behavior, Primitivism--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Primitivism--History, Primitivism--Social aspects, Travel in literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Travel in literature--History
From granite to grass: Graham Greene, travel and the primitive...flying in at the door, rustling the grass. (Journey 97) Greene makes the twin...Greenes footsteps felt from granite to grass, he was diligently looking to discover...
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Sexual-political Colonialism and Failure of Individuation in Doris Lessing's the Grass Is Singing
Journal article by Sima Aghazadeh; Journal of International Women's Studies, Vol. 12, 2011
Subjects: Behavior, Colonialism, Failure, Novels, Poverty, Race, Sexuality, Society
...Failure of Individuation in Doris Lessings the Grass Is Singing by Sima Aghazadeh Introduction The Grass is Singing (1950) is Doris Lessings first...could not bear to see them sitting there on the grass, their legs tucked under them in that traditional...
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The Bow Is Bent and Drawn: Kurosawa's Ran and the Shakespearean Arrow of Desire
Journal article by Samuel Crowl; Literature/Film Quarterly, Vol. 22, 1994
Subjects: Motion pictures
The Bow Is Bent and Drawn: Kurosawas Ran and...vivid blue sky and lush green grass. Frozen as if in a painting...of a wild boar through the grass. Cut to a rider, elderly...restless appetite. "The bow is bent and drawn/Make from the shaft...
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Push Mowers Hit the Grass Again
Magazine article; Sunset, Spring/Summer 1997
Subjects: Lawn & garden equipment
Push Mowers Hit the Grass Again "Theres a thing about the...cut as high (a problem in taller grass), dont cut wet grass as well, and have more blades to...more even cut. (If you want to mow bent grass to puttinggreen perfection...
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A Short Story: I Am the Grass
Magazine article by Daly Walker; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 285, June 2000
Subjects: Short stories--Works, Walker, Daly--Authorship
A Short Story: I Am the Grass. by Daly Walker At the end of his first...studied drawing at the art academy, cut grass with the grounds crew at Soldier Field...green patchwork of paddies and fields of grass, dirt roads whose iron-red dust choked...
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I Am the Grass
Magazine article by Daly Walker; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 285, June 2000
I Am the Grass. by Daly Walker At the end of his first...studied drawing at the art academy, cut grass with the grounds crew at Soldier Field...green patchwork of paddies and fields of grass, dirt roads whose iron-red dust choked...
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The President Wins the Midfield Battle: Watch out Washington! Lula, Brazil's New Leader, Bent on Social and Economic Reform in Defiance of the IMF, Has Already Won a Contest That Matters to Millions
Magazine article by Alex Bellos; New Statesman, Vol. 132, November 3, 2003
Subjects: Brazil--Domestic policy, Football fans, Lula da Silva, Luiz Inacio--Behavior, Lula da Silva, Luiz Inacio--Political activity, Lula da Silva, Luiz Inacio--Public opinion, Political leadership, Sports and state
...Battle: Watch out Washington! Lula, Brazils New Leader, Bent on Social and Economic Reform in Defiance of the IMF, Has Already...of the beautiful game. Yet Lula is a rare exception; as a grass-roots supporter of Corinthians, Sao Paulos most popular club...
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Biotech Brief
Magazine article; Sierra, Vol. 86, July 2001
Subjects: Art and technology--Moral and ethical aspects, Biotechnology industry--Product development, Fishes--Breeding, Genetic engineering--Environmental aspects, Grass breeding--Environmental aspects, Scotts Co.--Product development
...supplier, is developing a "low mow" grass that grows half as fast as normal...herbicide-resistant Roundup Ready bent grass for golf greens; the latter could...suffering harm. THE PERIL: Creeping bent grass from golf courses already invades...
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BENT COPPERS SHOPPED ME TO GANGSTERS; Grass Fears Killer Has Leaked Dossier
Newspaper article by Jeff Edwards, Oonagh Blackman; The Mirror (London, England), February 7, 1997
BENT COPPERS SHOPPED ME TO GANGSTERS; Grass Fears Killer Has Leaked Dossier. by Jeff Edwards , Oonagh Blackman A terrified police informer claimed last night that he was...
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Basketball Bent's Biggest Passion; Darren Bent Has Courted Attention since Joining Sunderland for All the Right Reasons. Mark Douglas Talks to the Striker about His Other Sporting Passion
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), February 19, 2010
...should be concentrating on the grass at the moment, with the Black...obstacle in Sunderlands path but Bent is not seeking a hiding place...SOME SHOOTING PRACTICE Darren Bent indulges his love of basketball...Jamie Glen, Fab Flournoy, Bent and Lynard Stewart; above from...striker on Sunderland duties; and Bents hero Michael Jordan. PICTURE...
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At Least One Man's Happy That Centre Court Has No Roof; THE GREEN ARENA: The Manicured Grass Courts Give Wimbledon Its Unique Attraction A CUT ABOVE THE REST: Groundsman Eddie Seaward
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), June 24, 2007
...GREEN ARENA: The Manicured Grass Courts Give Wimbledon Its Unique...Byline: PETER HIGGS WATCHING the grass grow might sound like the ultimate...1992, he changed the type of grass from a mixture of rye, fescueand bent to 100 per cent rye. As a consequence...
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A Lawn Unto Itself; Roofs Don't Have to Be Covered in Concrete or Tiles - the New Designer Topping in London Is Lush Grass, Says Fay Sweet
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), August 18, 2004
...Designer Topping in London Is Lush Grass, Says Fay Sweet. Byline: FAY SWEET WITH its wispy grasses, wild flowers and butterflies...further afield, and examples of grass roofs are to be found in the...buildings. Wynne Rees adds: "The grass roof is actually not a recent...chewings fescue, brown top bent, strong creeping red fescue...
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HELL-BENT ON REVENGE; Striker Is off the Mark in Record Time as Double Blast Rocks Critic Redknapp -- but His Joy Is Marred by Two Blunders from the Spot
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), April 4, 2010
...performing seal, pushing it into Bents path and the lunge was enough...redknapps mood of high dudgeon, Bent provided him with more misery...diving to his right, but Bents grass-cutter effort shot underneath...when opportunity knocked for Bent to grab his second hat-trick...
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encyclopedia articles on: Bent Grass  - 6 results

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Bent Grass
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BENT GRASS any species of the genus Agrostis of the...naturalized from Europe include the creeping bent ( A. palustris ), a lawn and putting-green grass; colonial bent ( A. tenuis ), frequently used in lawn...
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Grass
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...major type of feed. The grasses also include most of...sorghum , timothy , bent grass , bluegrass , orchard...Popularly the word grass is used chiefly for these latter and for the lawn grass types; it is also loosely...plants which are not true grasses (e.g., clover and...
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Herd's-Grass
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HERDS-GRASS see timothy ; bent grass . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Lawn
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LAWN grass turf or greensward cultivated in private...are types of clover and, especially, of grass . Bluegrass, white clover, and a few types of fescue and bent grass are most often selected for temperate climates...
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Redtop
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
REDTOP see bent grass . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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