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canarygrass

canarygrass is the alternative form 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.

Forms of canarygrass

pluralcanarygrasses

Questions about canarygrass

What is canarygrass the alternative form of?
Canarygrass is the alternative form of canary grass.

Words near canarygrass in the dictionary

  1. canary trap
  2. canary traps
  3. Canary Wharf
  4. canary-flycatcher
  5. canary-flycatchers
  6. canarygrass
  7. canarygrasses
  8. canarying
  9. canarylike
  10. canarypox
  11. canarypoxvirus

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