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Greengrass

Greengrass proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Greengrass (plural Greengrasses)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Greengrass

pluralGreengrasses
alternative formGreengross

Origin of Greengrass

From Old English grēne (“green”) + græs (“grass”), probably a toponymic surname for a person living near a grassland.

Questions about Greengrass

What does Greengrass mean?
Greengrass means a surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Greengrass?
Greengrass is a proper noun.

Words near Greengrass in the dictionary

  1. greengages
  2. greengagey
  3. Greengard
  4. greengill
  5. greengills
  6. Greengrass
  7. Greengrasses
  8. greengrocer
  9. greengrocer's
  10. greengrocer's apostrophe
  11. greengrocer's apostrophes

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