Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An Irish name for white or marsh bent, Agrostis vulgaris, var. alba, a common grass in pastures.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A species of creeping bent grass (
Agrostis alba ); -- called alsofiorin grass .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany A species of
creeping bentgrass (Agrostis alba).
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Compare Irish fiothran a sort of grass.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word fiorin.
Examples
-
; Sinclair's Hortus Grameneus Wobernensis, and Richardson's Essay on Fiorin (fiorin is produced from an aquatic grass, Agrostic stolonifera longiflora).
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.