'Ripple grass' definitions:
Definition of 'Ripple grass'
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- Ripple \Rip"ple\, n.
- 1. The fretting or dimpling of the surface, as of running water; little curling waves. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A little wave or undulation; a sound such as is made by little waves; as, a ripple of laughter. [1913 Webster]
- Ripple grass. (Bot.) See Ribwort.
- Ripple marks, a system of parallel ridges on sand, produced by wind, by the current of a steam, or by the agitation of wind waves; also (Geol.), a system of parallel ridges on the surface of a sandstone stratum. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'ripple grass'
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- Ribwort \Rib"wort`\, n. (Bot.) A species of plantain (Plantago lanceolata) with long, narrow, ribbed leaves; -- called also rib grass, {ripple grass}, ribwort plantain. [1913 Webster]