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/ˈpɛniˌɡɹɑːs/ · noun
(obsolete) yellow rattle (Rhinanthus minor or Rhinanthus major (syn. Rhinanthus crista-galli))..
Another Graſs is called Penny-Graſs; it groweth low, cloſe to the Earth, in mooriſh Grounds; it hath a Leaf as broad as Twopence , but never beareth a Flower.
Nor taint-worm ſhall infect the yeaning herds / Nor penny-graſs, nor ſpearwort's poiſ'nous leaf.
Plants reported killed by copper sulphate solutions: Wild mustard, wild radish, wild barley, penny grass (if young), shepherds' purse , wild buckwheat[…]
Use penny-grass when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Penny-grass means (obsolete) yellow rattle (Rhinanthus minor or Rhinanthus major (syn. Rhinanthus crista-galli))..
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Another Graſs is called Penny-Graſs; it groweth low, cloſe to the Earth, in mooriſh Grounds; it hath a Leaf as broad as Twopence , but never beareth a Flower.
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