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Chloris

[ US /ˈkɫɔɹɪs/ ]
NOUN
  1. tufted or perennial or annual grasses having runners: finger grass; windmill grass

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  • In my by-past songs I dislike one thing, the name Chloris -- I meant it as the fictitious name of a certain lady: but, on second thoughts, it is a high incongruity to have a Greek appellation to a Scottish pastoral ballad. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham
  • On my visit the other day to my fair Chloris, that is the poetic name of the lovely goddess of my inspiration, she suggested an idea which I, on my return from the visit, wrought into the following song. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham
  • Coloration is generally similar to that of the skipjack herring, Alosa chrysochloris.
  • As Chloris, she is making the transition from the heavenly realms to the earthly realms. The Poet Prince
  • Increased cattle herds cause overgrazing, which changes the composition of natural vegetation, particularly by the replacement of sweet grasses such as Chloris gayana, Cynodon dactylon, Eragrostis pilosa, and Urochloa trichopu by less palatable species such as Aristida congesta. Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
  • Chloris Leachman, the talented actress who plays Maw Maw, adds to the comedy, of course. Kathryn Haslanger: Go Ahead And Laugh... It's OK!
  • The rifleman (a New Zealand wren, Acanthisitta chloris: fam Acanthisittidae) is a basal passerine.
  • The Sajnakhali area contains a wealth of water birds, noteworthy residents including Asian openbill stork Anastomus oscitans, black-necked stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus, greater adjutant Leptoptilos dubius (E), white ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus, swamp francolin Francolinus gularis, white-collared kingfisher Halcyon chloris, black-capped kingfisher H. pileata and brown-winged kingfisher Pelargopsis amauroptera. Sundarbans National Park, India
  • Previously, time-resolved fluorescence and transient absorption measurements have been performed using chromatophores from Rhodospirillum (Rps.) rubrum and Blastochloris (Bl.) viridis.
  • Birdlife on the river and in the bush is prolific with over 380 species recorded including Nyasa lovebird Agapornis lilianae, yellow-spotted nicator Nicator chloris, rock pratincole Glareola nuchalis, banded snake-eagle Circaetus cinerascens, and Livingstone's flycatcher Erythrocercus livingstonei. Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas, Zimbabwe
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