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elephant grass

elephant grass noun: synonym of Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum).

Noun

elephant grass (countable and uncountable, plural elephant grasses)

  1. Synonym of Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum)
    Synonyms:
    Napier grass
  2. Miscanthus spp. (silvergrasses), including Miscanthus sinensis (eulalia) and Miscanthus fuscus
  3. Saccharum ravennae (ravennagrass, ekra)

elephant grass meaning in Tamil and Assamese

elephant grass in Tamil

யானைப் புல்

elephant grass in Assamese

elephant grass, ravennagrass, Saccharum ravennae
ইকৰা ikora

Synonyms of elephant grass

Forms of elephant grass

pluralelephant grasses

Questions about elephant grass

What does elephant grass mean?
Elephant grass means synonym of Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum).
What is elephant grass in Tamil?
Elephant grass in Tamil is யானைப் புல். See Elephant grass meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is elephant grass?
Elephant grass is a noun.
What is the plural of elephant grass?
The plural of elephant grass is elephant grasses.

Words near elephant grass in the dictionary

  1. elephant fish
  2. elephant fishes
  3. elephant foot yam
  4. elephant foot yams
  5. elephant garlic
  6. elephant grass
  7. elephant grasses
  8. elephant gun
  9. elephant guns
  10. elephant in the corner
  11. elephant in the room

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Adapted from Wiktionary: elephant grass (page history and authors); elephant grass (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ইকৰা (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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