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billion-dollar grass

billion-dollar grass noun: any member of the genus Echinochloa of barnyard grass, widely considered harmful weeds.

Noun

billion-dollar grass (countable and uncountable, plural billion-dollar grasses)

  1. Any member of the genus Echinochloa of barnyard grass, widely considered harmful weeds.

Forms of billion-dollar grass

pluralbillion-dollar grasses

Origin of billion-dollar grass

Probably so-called because of the adverse impact of Echinochloa weeds on yields rice and other crops.

Questions about billion-dollar grass

What does billion-dollar grass mean?
Billion-dollar grass means any member of the genus Echinochloa of barnyard grass, widely considered harmful weeds.
What part of speech is billion-dollar grass?
Billion-dollar grass is a noun.
What is the plural of billion-dollar grass?
The plural of billion-dollar grass is billion-dollar grasses.

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