Etymological Dictionary of Grasses

• Main Authors: Clifford, H. Trevor (Author), Bostock, Peter D. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Plant ecology.; Plant science.; Botany.; Life Sciences.; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.; Plant Sciences.; Plant Ecology.

As employed here the term grass applies only to species included in the Poaceae, one of the largest families of flowering plants. However, the word is often applied to any herbaceous plant with long, narrow leaves. A similar view was adopted by the Ancients. The Greeks applied the words poa, poe and...