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Holcus lanatus
Velvet Vel"vet, n. [OE. velouette, veluet, velwet; cf. OF. velluau, LL. velluetum, vellutum, It. velluto, Sp. velludo; all fr. (assumed) LL. villutus shaggy, fr L. villus shaggy hair; akin to vellus a fleece, and E. wool. See Wool, and cf. Villous.] 1. A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads. Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton or linen back. 2. The soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid growth. Cotton velvet, an imitation of velvet, made of cotton. Velvet cork, the best kind of cork bark, supple, elastic, and not woody or porous. Velvet crab a European crab (Portunus puber). When adult the black carapace is covered with a velvety pile. Called also lady crab, and velvet fiddler. Velvet dock (Bot.), the common mullein. Velvet duck. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A large European sea duck, or scoter (Oidemia fusca). The adult male is glossy, velvety black, with a white speculum on each wing, and a white patch behind each eye. (b) The American whitewinged scoter. See Scoter. Velvet flower (Bot.), love-lies-bleeding. See under Love. Velvet grass (Bot.), a tall grass (Holcus lanatus) with velvety stem and leaves; -- called also soft grass. Velvet runner (Zo["o]l.), the water rail; -- so called from its quiet, stealthy manner of running. [Prov. Eng.] Velvet scoter. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Velvet duck, above. Velvet sponge. (Zo["o]l.) See under Sponge.
Holcus saccharatus
Imphee Im"phee, n. (Bot.) The African sugar cane (Holcus saccharatus), -- resembling the sorghum, or Chinese sugar cane.

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- vulgaris Raspail Holcus arduinii J.F.Gmel. Holcus bicolor L. Holcus cafer Ard. Holcus caffrorum (Retz.) Thunb. Holcus cernuus Ard. Holcus cernuus Muhl. nom...
- Holcus lanatus is a perennial flowering plant in the gr**** family Poaceae. The specific epithet lanatus is Latin for 'woolly' which describes the plant's...
- Holcus (soft-gr**** or velvetgr****) is a genus of African and Eurasian plants in the oat tribe within the gr**** family. Holcus species are used as food...
- Holcus mollis, known as creeping soft gr**** or creeping velvet gr****, is a species of flowering plant in the gr**** family Poaceae. It is native to Europe...
- Holcus annuus, called annual fog, is a species of flowering plant in the gr**** family Poaceae, native to the Mediterranean region and the Transcaucasus...
- virgatum (Hack.) Stapf Synonyms Andropogon sorghum var. virgatus Hack. Holcus virgatus (Hack.) L.H.Bailey Sorghum bicolor var. virgatum (Hack.) de Wet...
- lutescens Stuntz Chamaeraphis glauca (L.) ****ze Holcus paniciformis Roxb. ex Hook.f. Holcus racemosus Forssk. Holcus ****atus L. Ixophorus glaucus (L.) Nash Pani****...
- British NVC community MG10 (Holcus lanatus – Juncus effusus rush-pasture) is one of the mesotrophic gr****land communities in the British National Vegetation...
- British NVC community MG9 (Holcus lanatus - Deschampsia cespitosa gr****lands) is one of the mesotrophic gr****land communities in the British National Vegetation...
- POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:404911-1 Tropicos: 25511156 VASCAN: 18083 Holcus odoratus Wikidata: Q21874529 CoL: 3M7ZW GBIF: 2703340 GRIN: 19212 IPNI:...