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canary grasses

canary grasses is the plural of canary grass.

Meaning of canary grass

Noun

canary grass (countable and uncountable, plural canary grasses)

  1. Grass of species Phalaris canariensis, whose seeds are used as birdseed, believed to be native to Morocco and the Canary Islands, now widespread in most semitropical to cool-temperate environments.
  2. Any grass of genus Phalaris.

Questions about canary grasses

What is canary grasses the plural of?
Canary grasses is the plural of canary grass.

Words near canary grasses in the dictionary

  1. canary fit
  2. canary fits
  3. canary girl
  4. canary girls
  5. canary grass
  6. canary grasses
  7. canary in a coal mine
  8. canary in a coalmine
  9. canary in the coal mine
  10. canary in the coalmine
  11. Canary Island

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