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The Grass Crown is the second historical novel in Colleen McCullough's Masters of Rome series, published in 1991. [1] The novel opens shortly after the action of The First Man in Rome. Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Sulla eat dinner together with their wives, and discuss the threat presented by Mithridates VI of Pontus and Tigranes II of ...
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Desmostachya bipinnata, commonly known as halfa grass, big cordgrass, and salt reed-grass, [3] is an Old World perennial grass, long known and used in human history. The grass is tall, tufted, leafy, perennial grass, branching from the base, erect from a stout creeping rootstock.
Melus, the son of the river-god Scamander, central in an alternative narrative of the myth of Aphrodite, Hera and Athena vying over the Apple of Discord. Melus was a handsome young man so all three goddesses fought over who would have him as her priest; Alexander ( Paris ) was tasked with solving the issue, and he decreed that Melus would serve ...
Dichanthium annulatum is a species of grass in the family Poaceae.It is commonly used as a forage for livestock.. Spikelet with long awn. Common names include marvel grass, Diaz bluestem, Kleberg bluestem, Hindi grass, ringed dichanthium, sheda grass, medio bluestem (var. papillosum), [1] jargu grass, Delhi grass, vuda bluegrass, two-flowered golden-beard, [2] Santa Barbara grass.
Pennisetum pedicellatum, known simply as desho or as desho grass, is an indigenous grass of Ethiopia of the monocot angiosperm plant family Poaceae. It is also known as annual kyasuwa grass in Nigeria , bare in Mauritania , and deenanath grass in India .
Digitaria didactyla is a species of grass known by the common names blue couch, [1] Queensland blue couch, blue serangoon grass, green serangoon grass, blue stargrass, [2] and petit gazon (in Mauritius). [3] It is native to Mauritius, Réunion, parts of mainland Africa, [3] and Madagascar. [4]
This species of grass has hard, sturdy, hollow stems that may reach 3 m (9.8 ft) in height. [4] They grow from a network of woody rhizomes and tough roots that form a sod. The roots penetrate over 3 m (9.8 ft) into the soil. [2] The leaves have sharp, serrated edges. [5] The panicle may be up to 50 cm (20 in) long and may have many branches.