Vocabulary : Graptolite to Grass tree

Graptolite : One of numerous species of slender and delicate fossils, of the genus Graptolites and allied genera, found in the Silurian rocks. They belong to an extinct group (Graptolithina) supposed to be hydroids.
Graptolitic : Of or pertaining to graptolites; containing graptolites; as, a graptolitic slate.
Grapy : Composed of, or resembling, grapes.
Grasp : To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of. ;; To lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly acquainted or conversant with; to comprehend. ;; To effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to clutch; to struggle; to strive. ;; A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms. ;; Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding; as, it was beyond his grasp. ;; Forcible possession; hold. ;; Wide-reaching power of intellect to comprehend subjects and hold them under survey. ;; The handle of a sword or of an oar.
Graspable : Capable of being grasped.

Grasper : of Grasp
Grasping : Seizing; embracing; catching. ;; Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man.
Graspless : Without a grasp; relaxed.
Grass : Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute the food of cattle and other beasts; pasture. ;; An endogenous plant having simple leaves, a stem generally jointed and tubular, the husks or glumes in pairs, and the seed single. ;; The season of fresh grass; spring. ;; Metaphorically used for what is transitory. ;; To cover with grass or with turf. ;; To expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc. ;; To bring to the grass or ground; to land; as, to grass a fish. ;; To produce grass.
Grass tree : An Australian plant of the genus Xanthorrhoea, having a thick trunk crowned with a dense tuft of pendulous, grasslike leaves, from the center of which arises a long stem, bearing at its summit a dense flower spike looking somewhat like a large cat-tail. These plants are often called "blackboys" from the large trunks denuded and blackened by fire. They yield two kinds of fragrant resin, called Botany-bay gum, and Gum Acaroides. ;; A similar Australian plant (Kingia australis).

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