brown bent

8.6

A common grass with thin stems and narrow leaves that grows in wet meadows

noun

: bent marrón

She knelt down to study the brown bent growing near the riverbank.

Examples

The meadow was covered in brown bent that swayed gently in the summer breeze.
Golf courses sometimes use brown bent for its fine texture and resilience.
The brown bent grass covered the meadow.
Farmers often plant brown bent in their pastures.
The meadow was covered in brown bent that swayed gently in the summer breeze.
Golf courses sometimes use brown bent for its fine texture and resilience.
Farmers often plant brown bent in their pastures to improve grazing.

Synonyms

Agrostis canina

vsbrown bent

Specialized

9.9

A small grass with thin leaves that often grows in wet fields and lawns

is described by meadow and pasture habitat rather than scientific naming

velvet bent

vsbrown bent

Specialized

7.5

A grass with narrow leaves and fine texture used for lawns and golf greens

is framed as a meadow and pasture plant rather than a turf choice

velvet bent grass

vsbrown bent

Specialized

6.9

A fine, low-growing grass people plant for lawns and golf courses

is presented mainly as a wild meadow and pasture species rather than turf

Surface Forms

brown bent singular

brown bents plural

Morphology

brown + bent

The phrase is a simple adjective + noun composition: 'brown' modifies 'bent' (a type of turf grass), so it denotes a brown variety of bent grass. This literal color+noun pattern is cross-linguistically common and therefore a B1 learner who knows both constituents can derive the meaning.

Etymology

Brown bent may come from a simple picture: this fine grass often turns brown and its thin stems bend over in wind or as they age. So the name came to mean this kind of 'grass'.