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blackgrass

blackgrass noun: alopecurus myosuroides, a weed that harms wheat crops.

Noun

blackgrass (uncountable)

  1. (UK) Alopecurus myosuroides, a weed that harms wheat crops.
  2. (US) Juncus gerardii, a salt marsh plant used for facing dikes.

Origin of blackgrass

From black + grass.

Questions about blackgrass

What does blackgrass mean?
Blackgrass means alopecurus myosuroides, a weed that harms wheat crops.
What part of speech is blackgrass?
Blackgrass is a noun.

Words near blackgrass in the dictionary

  1. blackgames
  2. blackgaze
  3. blackgin
  4. blackgins
  5. blackgirl
  6. blackgrass
  7. blackguard
  8. blackguarded
  9. blackguardery
  10. blackguarding
  11. blackguardise

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