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joint-grass
[f. joint n. 3 + grass.]
A local name for the herbs Horsetail (Equisetum), and Lady's Bedstraw (Galium verum) (Britten and Holland); also, in southern U.S., the grass Paspalum distichum (Cent. Dict.).
1790W. Marshall Midl. Countries (1796) II. Gloss. (E.D.S.), Joint-grass, yellow bedstraw. 1835W. G. Simms Partisan 55 Rebellion grows like joint-grass when it once takes root. 1894J. M. Coulter Bot. W. Texas iii. 499 Joint grass... Moist places throughout Texas and across the continent. |