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Webster 1913 Edition


Deergrass

Deer′grassˊ

,
Noun.
(Bot.)
An American genus (
Rhexia
) of perennial herbs, with opposite leaves, and showy flowers (usually bright purple), with four petals and eight stamens, – the only genus of the order
Melastomaceæ
inhabiting a temperate clime.

Definition 2024


deergrass

deergrass

English

Deergrass (Muhlenbergia rigens)
Deergrass (Rhexia alifanus)

Noun

deergrass (usually uncountable, plural deergrasses)

  1. A species of grass native to the southwestern United States, Muhlenbergia rigens
  2. American perennial herbs with showy flowers in the genus Rhexia.