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Definition of soft grass

soft grass
Velvet Vel"vet, n. [OE. velouette, veluet, velwet; cf. OF. velluau, LL. velluetum, vellutum, It. velluto, Sp. velludo; all fr. (assumed) LL. villutus shaggy, fr L. villus shaggy hair; akin to vellus a fleece, and E. wool. See Wool, and cf. Villous.] 1. A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads. Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton or linen back. 2. The soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid growth. Cotton velvet, an imitation of velvet, made of cotton. Velvet cork, the best kind of cork bark, supple, elastic, and not woody or porous. Velvet crab a European crab (Portunus puber). When adult the black carapace is covered with a velvety pile. Called also lady crab, and velvet fiddler. Velvet dock (Bot.), the common mullein. Velvet duck. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A large European sea duck, or scoter (Oidemia fusca). The adult male is glossy, velvety black, with a white speculum on each wing, and a white patch behind each eye. (b) The American whitewinged scoter. See Scoter. Velvet flower (Bot.), love-lies-bleeding. See under Love. Velvet grass (Bot.), a tall grass (Holcus lanatus) with velvety stem and leaves; -- called also soft grass. Velvet runner (Zo["o]l.), the water rail; -- so called from its quiet, stealthy manner of running. [Prov. Eng.] Velvet scoter. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Velvet duck, above. Velvet sponge. (Zo["o]l.) See under Sponge.

Meaning of soft grass from wikipedia

- The soft gr**** mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Zeballos, H.; Vivar, E. (2016). "Akodon mollis"...
- tufted gr****, and meadow soft gr****. In North America, where it is an invasive species, names include velvet gr**** and common velvet gr****. In parts...
- Holcus (soft-gr**** or velvetgr****) is a genus of African and Eurasian plants in the oat tribe within the gr**** family. Holcus species are used as food...
- Holcus mollis, known as creeping soft gr**** or creeping velvet gr****, is a species of flowering plant in the gr**** family Poaceae. It is native to Europe...
- the soft brome, is an annual or biennial species of gr**** in the gr**** family (Poaceae). It is also known in North America as bull gr****, soft cheat...
- soles, deer hide for the top panels, and a netting made of tree bark. Soft gr**** went around the foot and in the shoe and functioned like modern socks...
- may contain lichen, gr****, heather, cobwebs and strips of bark from birch or juniper trees. It is lined with feathers, soft gr**** and hair. The eggs are...
- nest itself is constructed of leaves, co**** gr****es, stems, and strips of bark, lined with soft gr**** or deer hair and is bound with spider web. It...
- monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as gr****es. It includes the cereal gr****es, bamboos, the gr****es of natural gr****land and species cultivated...
- vegetation lined with soft gr**** constructed by both members of a pair on a small islet, partially floating in a reedbed or long gr**** close to water. The...