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  • 31quaking grass — noun a grass with oval or heart shaped flower heads which tremble in the wind. [Genus Briza.] …

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  • 32quaking aspen — quak′ing as′pen n. pln an aspen, Populus tremuloides, with heart shaped leaves that tremble in the wind • Etymology: 1785–95 …

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  • 33quaking bog — /ˈkweɪkɪŋ bɒg/ (say kwayking bog) noun a wetland with a slow groundwater flow creating an unstable matted covering of plants, roots, rhizomes, etc., which, over time, accumulate organic matter and ultimately become stable …

  • 34quaking grass — /ˈkweɪkɪŋ gras/ (say kwayking grahs) noun any grass of the genus Briza, characterised as being erect annuals or perennials with slender, spreading inflorescences which are readily shaken by the wind, as shell grass …

  • 35quaking bog — noun : a bog of forming peat that is wholly or partially floating and that shakes when walked on …

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  • 36quaking grass — noun 1. : any of several grasses of the genus Briza having slender stalked and pendulous ovate spikelets that quake and rattle in the wind 2. : rattlesnake grass …

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  • 37quaking aspen. — See under aspen (def. 1). [1785 95] …

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  • 38quaking-grass — quāˈking grass noun A moorland grass of the genus Briza, with pendulous, panicled, tremulous spikelets • • • Main Entry: ↑quake …

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  • 39big quaking grass — didžioji ašarėlė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Miglinių šeimos dekoratyvinis augalas (Briza maxima), paplitęs Viduržemio pajūrio srityje. atitikmenys: lot. Briza maxima angl. big quaking grass; great quaking grass; large quaking grass… …

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  • 40great quaking grass — didžioji ašarėlė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Miglinių šeimos dekoratyvinis augalas (Briza maxima), paplitęs Viduržemio pajūrio srityje. atitikmenys: lot. Briza maxima angl. big quaking grass; great quaking grass; large quaking grass… …

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