English Explanatory Dictionary

speargrass

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several not closely related grasses in some way reminiscent of a spear.
  2. Species of Aristida (three-awn wiregrass)
  3. Heteropogon contortus (tanglehead)
  4. Imperata cylindrica (cogon grass)
  5. Species of Poa (bluegrass etc)
  6. Species of Stipa (feathergrass), typically Stipa calamagrostis
  7. Species of Aciphylla (Spaniard grass)

Word forms

speargrass speargrasses spear grass

Etymology

From spear + grass.

Derived words

fiveawn speargrass
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