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fiorin|ˈfaɪərɪn|
[App. a corruption of Ir. fiorthán long coarse grass.]
A species of grass (Agrostis stolonifera or alba). Also fiorin-grass.
1809W. Richardson in Farmer's Mag. X. 503 The variety of Irish grass called Fiorin. 1812Examiner 7 Sept. 563/2 The wheat has been fairly eaten out by the couch and fiorin grass. 1856W. Allingham in Athenæum 26 July 931 The clover and the fiorin deep. 1866Evening Star 24 Mar., The fiorin grass, which some farmers anathematise as a weed. |