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cutgrass

cutgrass noun: any of several grass species of Leersia, whose leaves have edges with very small hooked prickles.

cutgrass: any of several grass species of Leersia, whose leaves have edges with very small hooked prickles
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Noun

cutgrass (countable and uncountable, plural cutgrasses)

  1. Any of several grass species of Leersia, whose leaves have edges with very small hooked prickles

Forms of cutgrass

pluralcutgrasses

Origin of cutgrass

From cut + grass.

Words formed from cutgrass

  • giant cutgrass
  • rice cutgrass
  • southern cutgrass
  • Virginian cutgrass

Questions about cutgrass

What does cutgrass mean?
Cutgrass means any of several grass species of Leersia, whose leaves have edges with very small hooked prickles.
What part of speech is cutgrass?
Cutgrass is a noun.
What is the plural of cutgrass?
The plural of cutgrass is cutgrasses.

Words near cutgrass in the dictionary

  1. cuteys
  2. cutfag
  3. cutfags
  4. Cutfield
  5. cutglass
  6. cutgrass
  7. cutgrasses
  8. Cuthaean
  9. Cuthaeans
  10. Cuthbert
  11. Cuthbertian

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