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dropseed

dropseed noun: any member of the genus Sporobolus of bunchgrasses.

dropseed: any member of the genus Sporobolus of bunchgrasses
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Noun

dropseed (countable and uncountable, plural dropseeds)

  1. Any member of the genus Sporobolus of bunchgrasses.

dropseed meaning in Arabic, Persian and Vietnamese

dropseed in Arabic

Sporobolus-genus grass
سُرَق suraq, قاذِفَة البِذْر

dropseed in Persian

Sporobolus-genus grass
بذرانداز bazrandâz

dropseed in Vietnamese

Sporobolus-genus grass
xạ tử

Forms of dropseed

pluraldropseeds

Origin of dropseed

Calque of translingual Sporobolus. By surface analysis, drop + seed.

Questions about dropseed

What does dropseed mean?
Dropseed means any member of the genus Sporobolus of bunchgrasses.
What is dropseed in Arabic?
Dropseed in Arabic is سُرَق (suraq), قاذِفَة البِذْر. See Dropseed meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is dropseed?
Dropseed is a noun.
What is the plural of dropseed?
The plural of dropseed is dropseeds.

Words near dropseed in the dictionary

  1. drops the subject
  2. drops the topic
  3. drops the writ
  4. drops trou
  5. drops trow
  6. dropseed
  7. dropseeds
  8. dropset
  9. dropsets
  10. dropsetted
  11. dropsetting

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