agrostisEtymologyFrom New Latin agrōstis, via the genus name taxonomic name Agrostis.nounAny grass of the genus Agrostis of bentgrasses.“Above, see those delicate threads of the purple amoret, with its flood of anthers that are nearly yellow; the snowy pyramids of the meadow-sweet, the green tresses of the wild oats, the slender plumes of the agrostis, which we call wind-ear; roseate hopes, decking love's earliest dream and standing forth against the gray surroundings.”