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Timothy, tim′ō-thi, n. timothy-grass, the name commonly given to Phleum pratense, a grass much valued for feeding cattle—called also Cat's-tail grass or Meadow cat's-tail.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
He engaged a man, and sent him out to cut sedges and rushes and cat’s-tail and reeds.
From Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian by Various
The long, thin cloud which Danny knew as the cat's-tail was scudding fast in the line of their Starboard quarter.
From She's All the World to Me by Sir Hall Caine
Down in the valley where there are numerous pools, not only willows and osiers grew, but here and there were to be found sedges and rushes, cat’s-tail and a species of reed.
From Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian by Various
Everything was doing well; but it had been a late spring that year, and the cat's-tail was barely forming as yet, while the clover had just begun to show bloom.
From Wanderers by W. J. Alexander (William John Alexander) Worster
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