fiorin
/ (ˈfaɪərɪn) /
noun
a temperate perennial grass, Agrostis stolonifera: Also called: creeping bent grass See bent grass
Origin of fiorin
1C19: from Irish Gaelic fiorthann wheat grass
Words Nearby fiorin
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How to use fiorin in a sentence
It resembles young rye-grass more than any other English grass; the seed is much like fiorin seed: cattle are fond of it.
Here we are received by Dr. Richardson, the inventor of the fiorin-grass (or of some of its excellencies).
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 4 (of 10) | John Gibson Lockhart.By the way, he is a chattering charlatan, and his fiorin a mere humbug.
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 4 (of 10) | John Gibson Lockhart.
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