| squitch grass | <botany> Quitch grass. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| dog's-tail grass | <botany> A hardy species of British grass (Cynosurus cristatus) which abounds in grass lands, and is well suited for making straw plait. Synonym: goldseed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| doob grass | <botany> A perennial, creeping grass (Cynodon dactylon), highly prized, in Hindostan, as food for cattle, and acclimated in the United States. Alternative forms: doub grass. Origin: Hind. Db. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| doub grass | <botany> Doob grass. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| quack grass | <botany> See Quitch grass. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| quitch grass | <botany> A perennial grass (Agropyrum repens) having long running rootstalks, by which it spreads rapidly and pertinaciously, and so becomes a troublesome weed. Also called couch grass, quick grass, quick grass, twitch grass. Origin: Properly quick grass, being probably so called from its vigorous growth, or from its tenacity of life. See Quick, and cf. Couch grass. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oil of lemon grass | Volatile oil from Cymbopogon citratus and of C. Flexuosus (family Gramineae). Used in perfumery and as a source of citral for the synthesis of vitamin A. (05 Mar 2000) |
| timothy grass | <botany> A kind of grass (Phleum pratense) with long cylindrical spikes; called also herd's grass, in England, cat's-tail grass, and meadow cat's-tail grass. It is much prized for fodder. Origin: From Timothy Hanson, who carried the seed from New England to Maryland about 1720. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| twitch grass | <botany> See Quitch grass. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| johnson grass | <botany> A tall perennial grass (Sorghum Halepense), valuable in the Southern and Western States for pasture and hay. The rootstocks are large and juicy and are eagerly sought by swine. Synonym: Cuba grass, Means grass, Evergreen millet, and Arabian millet. Origin: Named after W. Johnson of Alabama, who planted it about 1840-1845. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lyme grass | <botany> A coarse perennial grass of several species of Elymus, especially. E. Canadensis, and the European E. Arenarius. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| administration, oral | The giving of drugs, chemicals, or other substances by mouth. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cancer, oral | Cancer of the mouth area. A sore in the mouth that does not heal can be a warning sign of oral cancer. A biopsy is the only to know whether as abnormal area in the oral cavity is cancer. Oral cancer is caused by tobacco (smoking and chewing) and alcohol use. Surgery to remove the tumour in the mouth is the usual treatment for patients with oral cancer. (12 Dec 1998) |
| candidiasis, oral | Infection of the mucous membranes of the mouth by a fungus of the genus candida. (12 Dec 1998) |
| canine oral papilloma | Warts affecting mucous membranes of young dogs; caused by a papillomavirus. (05 Mar 2000) |