A large family of narrow-leaved herbaceous grasses of the order Cyperales, subclass Commelinidae, class Liliopsida (monocotyledons). Food grains (EDIBLE GRAIN) come from members of this family. RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL can be induced by POLLEN of many of the grasses.
    

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A field of grass with a row of poplar trees and a pair of white boxer shorts floating against a yellow sunset representing an advertisement for safe sex; Italian version of a series of Stop AIDS campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health, in collaboration with the Aiuto AIDS Svizzero. Colour lithograph.

A fern frond, leaves and grasses framing a rectangular space. Nature print.

Grass seed covered in bacteria from infected dog's paw

Rye (Secale species): plant stems with seedheads. Watercolour.

A field of grass with a row of poplar trees and a pair of white boxer shorts floating against a yellow sunset representing an advertisement for safe sex; German version of a series of 'Stop SIDA' [Stop AIDS] campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health, in collaboration with the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz. Colour lithograph.

The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan (excluding Bambuseae) / foreword by George Taylor.

Meadow foxtail grass (Alopecurus pratensis): seedhead, leafy stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1805.

An essay on the indigenous grasses of Ireland / [John White].

Cock's-foot grass (Dactylis glomerata): flowering stem, leaves, roots and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.

Agrostologia Helvetica definitionem descriptionemque graminum et plantarum eis affinium in Helvetia sponte nascentium complectens / [Jean Gaudin].

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The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan (excluding Bambuseae) / foreword by George Taylor.

Meadow foxtail grass (Alopecurus pratensis): seedhead, leafy stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1805.

An essay on the indigenous grasses of Ireland / [John White].

Cock's-foot grass (Dactylis glomerata): flowering stem, leaves, roots and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.

Agrostologia Helvetica definitionem descriptionemque graminum et plantarum eis affinium in Helvetia sponte nascentium complectens / [Jean Gaudin].