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marsh grasses

marsh grasses is the plural of marsh grass.

Meaning of marsh grass

Noun

marsh grass (usually uncountable, plural marsh grasses)

  1. (usually) Any coarse grass growing in marshes of genus Spartina.
    Synonyms:
    cord grass, swamp grass, meadow grass, swamp hay, thatch grass
  2. (usually) Any wetland grass of genus Hymenachne.
  3. (usually) Barnyard millet, jungle ricegrass (Echinochloa colonum)
    Synonyms:
    jungle rice, shama millet, Deccan grass, small barnyard grass, awnless barnyard grass
  4. (usually) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see marsh, grass.

Questions about marsh grasses

What is marsh grasses the plural of?
Marsh grasses is the plural of marsh grass.

Words near marsh grasses in the dictionary

  1. marsh gas
  2. marsh gentian
  3. marsh gentians
  4. Marsh Gibbon
  5. marsh grass
  6. marsh grasses
  7. marsh harrier
  8. marsh harriers
  9. marsh hawk
  10. marsh hawks
  11. marsh hawksbeard

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