grass
Noun
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is a type of: graminaceous plant, gramineous plant - cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leavessubtypes:
- beach grass - tough grasses with strong roots that can grow on exposed sandy shores
- bunch grass, bunchgrass - any of various grasses of many genera that grow in tufts or clumps rather than forming a sod or mat; chiefly of western United States
- midgrass - any of various grasses of moderate height which covered the undisturbed prairie in the United States; includes most of the forage grasses of the temperate zone
- short-grass, shortgrass - any of various grasses that are short and can tolerate drought conditions; common on the dry upland plains just east of the Rocky Mountains
- sword grass - any of various grasses or sedges having sword-shaped leaves with sharp edges
- tall-grass, tallgrass - any of various grasses that are tall and that flourish with abundant moisture
- lemon grass, lemongrass - a tropical grass native to India and Sri Lanka
- aegilops triuncalis, goat grass - European grass naturalized as a weed in North America; sharp-pointed seeds cause injury when eaten by livestock
- wheat-grass, wheatgrass - a grass of the genus Agropyron
- bent, bent grass, bent-grass - grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens
- broom grass - any of several grasses of the genus Andropogon; used in broom making
- arrhenatherum elatius, evergreen grass, false oat, french rye, tall meadow grass, tall oat grass - coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat; found on roadside verges and rough grassland and in hay meadows; introduced in North America for forage
- brome, bromegrass - any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions
- grama, grama grass, gramma, gramma grass - pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America
- buchloe dactyloides, buffalo grass - short grass growing on dry plains of central United States (where buffalo roam)
- reed grass - any of various tall perennial grasses of the genus Calamagrostis having feathery plumes; natives of marshland fens and wet woodlands of temperate northern hemisphere
- bur grass, burgrass - a grass of the genus Cenchrus
- cenchrus tribuloides, field sandbur, sandbur, sandspur - grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs
- finger grass - any grass of the genus Chloris; occurs in short grassland especially on waste ground or poor soils
- cortaderia selloana, pampas grass - tall perennial grass of pampas of South America having silvery plumes and growing in large dense clumps
- arundo richardii, cortaderia richardii, plumed tussock, toe toe, toetoe - tall grass of New Zealand grown for plumelike flower heads
- bahama grass, bermuda grass, cynodon dactylon, devil grass, doob, kweek, scutch grass, star grass - trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India
- cynodon plectostachyum, giant star grass - perennial grass having stems 3 to 4 feet high; used especially in Africa and India for pasture and hay
- cocksfoot, cockspur, dactylis glomerata, orchard grass - widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass
- crab grass, crabgrass, finger grass - grasses with creeping stems that root freely; a pest in lawns
- lyme grass - a grass of the genus Elymus
- wild rye - any of several grasses of the genus Elymus
- bay grass, love grass - any of various grasses of the genus Eragrostis; specially useful for forage and for the prevention of erosion
- plume grass - a reedlike grass of the genus Erianthus having large plumes
- fescue, fescue grass, festuca elatior, meadow fescue - grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns
- festuca ovina, sheep fescue, sheep's fescue - cultivated for sheep pasturage in upland regions or used as a lawn grass
- silver grass - of Australia and New Zealand
- holcus lanatus, velvet grass, yorkshire fog - tall European perennial grass having a velvety stem; naturalized in United States and used for forage
- creeping soft grass, holcus mollis - European perennial grass with soft velvety foliage
- rye grass, ryegrass - any of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses
- muhlenbergia schreberi, nimble will, nimblewill - slender branching American grass of some value for grazing in central United States
- dallis grass, dallisgrass, paspalum, paspalum dilatatum - tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States
- bahia grass, paspalum notatum - perennial tropical American grass used as pasture grass in arid areas of the Gulf States
- knotgrass, paspalum distichum - low-growing weedy grass with spikelets along the leaf stems
- fountain grass, pennisetum ruppelii, pennisetum setaceum - tall perennial ornamental grass with long nodding flower plumes of tropical Africa and Asia
- feathertop, feathertop grass, pennistum villosum - northeastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles
- gardener's garters, lady's laces, phalaris arundinacea, reed canary grass, ribbon grass - perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves; Europe and North America
- birdseed grass, canary grass, phalaris canariensis - Canary Islands grass; seeds used as feed for caged birds
- harding grass, hardinggrass, phalaris aquatica, phalaris tuberosa, toowomba canary grass - perennial grass of Australia and South Africa; introduced in North America as forage grass
- herd's grass, phleum pratense, timothy - grass with long cylindrical spikes grown in northern United States and Europe for hay
- blue grass, bluegrass - any of various grasses of the genus Poa
- meadow grass, meadowgrass - any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture
- munj, munja, saccharum bengalense, saccharum munja - tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets
- andropogon furcatus, andropogon gerardii, blue stem, bluestem - tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States
- cord grass, cordgrass - any of several perennial grasses of the genus Spartina; some important as coastal soil binders
- drop-seed, dropseed - a grass of the genus Sporobolus
- rush grass, rush-grass - grass having wiry stems and sheathed panicles
- buffalo grass, st. augustine grass, stenotaphrum secundatum - low mat-forming grass of southern United States and tropical America; grown as a lawn grass
- cereal, cereal grass - grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet
- zoysia - any of several creeping grasses of the genus Zoysia
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is an instance of: author, writer - writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)same as: gunter grass, gunter wilhelm grass
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domain region: britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdomis a type of: betrayer, blabber, informer, rat, squealer - one who reveals confidential information in return for moneysame as: supergrass
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is a type of: fodder - coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop
Verb
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is a type of: cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered
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is a type of: cover, spread over - form a cover oversame as: grass over
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is a type of: inform - impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event tosubtypes: sell someone out - give information that compromises others
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