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nitgrass

nitgrass noun: gastridium ventricosum, a European annual grass bearing a long, thin, smooth inflorescence of spikelets.

Noun

nitgrass (uncountable)

  1. Gastridium ventricosum, a European annual grass bearing a long, thin, smooth inflorescence of spikelets.

Origin of nitgrass

From nit + grass.

Questions about nitgrass

What does nitgrass mean?
Nitgrass means gastridium ventricosum, a European annual grass bearing a long, thin, smooth inflorescence of spikelets.
What part of speech is nitgrass?
Nitgrass is a noun.

Words near nitgrass in the dictionary

  1. nitery
  2. nites
  3. Nitesh
  4. nitespot
  5. nitespots
  6. nitgrass
  7. Nith
  8. nither
  9. nithered
  10. nithering
  11. nithermore

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