speargrass
Any of several not closely related grasses in some way reminiscent of a spearAny of several not closely related grasses in some way reminiscent of a spear.: Species of Aristida (three-awn wiregrass)
Meaning
6 sensesAny of several not closely related grasses in some way reminiscent of a spear.
(countable, uncountable)Species of Aristida (three-awn wiregrass)
(countable, uncountable)Heteropogon contortus (tanglehead)
(countable, uncountable)Imperata cylindrica (cogon grass)
More meanings 3
Any of several not closely related grasses in some way reminiscent of a spear.
(countable, uncountable)Species of Poa (bluegrass etc)
(countable, uncountable)Species of Stipa (feathergrass), typically Stipa calamagrostis
(countable, uncountable)Species of Aciphylla (Spaniard grass)
Origin
From spear + grass.From spear + grass.
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Forms
plural: speargrassesWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.