10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRASSWRACK»
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English Botany;: Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants
93 Grasswrack mccccxxxi. 62 Early Purple Orchis mcccclv. 98 Spider Orchis, var.
a mcccclxix. 112 Epipogium, Leafless mcccclxxxvi. 131 Fan-like Pondweed
mccccxxL 53 Fennel-leaved Pondweed mccccxxii. 54 Fen Orchis mcccclxxxviii.
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A New Medicinal, Economical, and Domestic HHerbal: ...
I GRASSWRACK.—-GROMWELL-GROUND-PINE. '$9 tures and hedges, and
fioweringin the months of'iMay and Jiiiile. This plant has received its name from
its supposed efiicacy in relieving the gout. Its leaves are very tender, and may be
...
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A Botanical Arrangement Of All The Vegetables Naturally ...
GRASSWRACK. 1032. Zostera. Empal. Leaves forming a sheath at the base;
approaching length-ways ; notched at the upper part on each side ; inclosing the
fruit-stalk. Sheathed Jruti- Jlalk strap-shaped ; flat ; furnished with chives on one ...
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The domestic encyclopaedia: or, A dictionary of facts, and ...
GRASSWRACK, or Zostera, L. a perennial Dative plant, of two species, the
principal of which is the marina, or Sea-grasswrack, found on sea-shores, and in
saltwater ditches near Yarmouth. This vegetable grows at the bottom of the ocean
, ...
Anthony Florian Madinger Willich,
1802
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The Linnaeus Apostles: global science and adventure
There was now a lot of GRASSWRACK (Zostera Linnaeus, Vastergotland
Journey 166 or Alga Linnaeus, Flora suecica 1137) lying by the shore, where it
was washed up by yesterday's storm; having been so recently thrown out of the
sea, ...
Lars Hansen, IK Foundation,
2008
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Contributions Towards a Fauna and Flora of the County of Cork
Grasswrack. 752. Z. marina, L. Common Grasswrack. In the mud near Hop Island:
Mr. Alexander. At Rossleague, and Whitepoint, Great Island : Dr. Power. And
thrown on the shore by the waves in several places along the harbour. — rather ...
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A Natural Arrangement of British Plants: According to Their ...
Grasswrack. Flower monoicous or dioicous, resting on a one-sided leaflike
spadix; perigonium none; anther round; pollen connected by fibres ; style 2-cut ;
capsule membranaceous, ] -seeded. — Root fibrous; stem round, decumbent,
rooting ...
Samuel Frederick Gray,
1821
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The Domestic Encyclopaedia; Or, A Dictionary of Facts, and ...
marina, or Sea-grasswrack, found on sea-shores, and in salt water ditches near
Yarmouth. This vegetable grows at the bottom of the ocean, as common as the
mosses thrive in woods : it is thrown on shore by the tide in such abundance, that
...
Anthony Florian Madinger Willich, James Mease,
1804
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Botany of the United States north of Virginia: comprising ...
Grasswrack. (From the Greek {oxtrip, a girdle or ribbon, which the leaves
sometimes resemble.) Stamens and pistils separated, seated in 2 rows upon one
side of a fiat spadix. Anthers ovate, sessile. Pistils alternating with the anthers,
ovate.
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The Newry Magazine; Or, Literary & Political Register
The outside is composed ofmoss, hay, or whatever substance is most convenient,
not unfrequen tly of the grasswrack (Zostera Marina) used for thatching. Internally
, is vneatly lined with feathers, and a very'small hole in the side gives entrance ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRASSWRACK»
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Grantham Canal dredging to help rare plants
... in Leicestershire, will reduce silt on the canal bed and help slow the flow of water to encourage grasswrack pondweed to grow, the trust said. «BBC News, Dec 14»
Grantham Canal dredging project aims to help aquatic plants thrive
... of silt on the canal bed ensuring a healthy slow flow of water which plants, like the nationally scarce grasswrack pondweed, need to thrive. «Grantham Journal, Dec 14»