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kangaroo grass

kangaroo grass noun: any of various tussocky grasses of the genus Themeda, especially Themeda triandra.

Noun

kangaroo grass (usually uncountable, plural kangaroo grasses)

  1. (Australia, usually) Any of various tussocky grasses of the genus Themeda, especially Themeda triandra.
    • They walked through plains of silver tussock and kangaroo grass and pines 200 feet high, and discovered a pair of lakes that Laycock named “Kemp's Lakes” (now Lakes Sorell and Crescent).2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 51
    • The kangaroo grass in the Colac region of Western Victoria was so high it concealed the flocks of the first settler, G.T. Lloyd.2018, Bruce Pascoe, Dark Emu, Scribe, published 2020, page 23

Forms of kangaroo grass

pluralkangaroo grasses

Questions about kangaroo grass

What does kangaroo grass mean?
Kangaroo grass means any of various tussocky grasses of the genus Themeda, especially Themeda triandra.
What part of speech is kangaroo grass?
Kangaroo grass is a noun.
What is the plural of kangaroo grass?
The plural of kangaroo grass is kangaroo grasses.

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  8. Kangaroo Ground
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