Found 4 hits - Term: nut grass, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
nut \nut\ nu^t, n. oe. nute, note, as. hnutu; akin to d.
noot, g. nuss, ohg. nuz, icel. hnot, sw. n"ot, dan.
n"od.
1913 webster
1. bot. the fruit of certain trees and shrubs as of the
almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc., consisting
of a hard and indehiscent shell inclosing a kernel.
1913 webster
2. a perforated block usually a small piece of metal,
provided with an internal or female screw thread, used on
a bolt, or screw, for tightening or holding something, or
for transmitting motion. see illust. of 1st bolt.
1913 webster
3. the tumbler of a gunlock. --knight.
1913 webster
4. naut. a projection on each side of the shank of an
anchor, to secure the stock in place.
1913 webster
5. pl. testicles. vulgar slang
pjc
check nut, jam nut, lock nut, a nut which is screwed up
tightly against another nut on the same bolt or screw, in
order to prevent accidental unscrewing of the first nut.
nut buoy. see under buoy.
nut coal, screened coal of a size smaller than stove coal
and larger than pea coal; -- called also chestnut coal.
nut crab zool., any leucosoid crab of the genus ebalia
as, ebalia tuberosa of europe.
nut grass bot., see nut grass in the vocabulary.
nut lock, a device, as a metal plate bent up at the
corners, to prevent a nut from becoming unscrewed, as by
jarring.
nut pine. bot. see under pine.
nut rush bot., a genus of cyperaceous plants scleria
having a hard bony achene. several species are found in
the united states and many more in tropical regions.
nut tree, a tree that bears nuts.
nut weevil zool., any species of weevils of the genus
balaninus and other allied genera, which in the larval
state live in nuts.
1913 webster
see also:
bolt check nut jam nut lock nut nut buoy buoy
nut coal chestnut coal nut crab ebalia ebalia tuberosa
nut grass nut grass nut lock nut pine pine
nut rush scleria nut tree nut weevil balaninus
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
nutgrass \nut"grass`\, nut grass \nut" grass`\, n.bot.,
a widely distributed perennial plant of the sedge family
cyperus rotundus, var. hydra, which has slender
rootstocks bearing small, edible, nutlike tubers, by which
the plant multiplies exceedingly, especially in cotton
fields.
syn: nutsedge, nut sedge, cyperus rotundus.
1913 webster + wordnet 1.5
see also:
cyperus rotundus
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
nutsedge \nutsedge\, nut sedge \nut sedge\n.
a widely distributed perennial sedge cyperus rotundus
having small edible nutlike tubers; also called nut grass.
syn: nutgrass, nut grass, cyperus rotundus.
wordnet 1.5
see also:
cyperus rotundus nut grass
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
nut grass
n : a widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible
nutlike tubers syn: nutgrass, nutsedge, nut sedge,
cyperus rotundus
see also:
nutgrass nutsedge nut sedge cyperus rotundus
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