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purple wiregrass

purple wiregrass noun: a species of grass native to Australia (Aristida ramosa).

purple wiregrass: a species of grass native to Australia (Aristida ramosa)
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Noun

purple wiregrass (plural purple wiregrasses)

  1. A species of grass native to Australia (Aristida ramosa)
    • On the flank of the rise the African buffel grass gave way to bare patches of red gravel between thin strands of sandalwood and bendee, spiky tussocks of purple wiregrass and buck spinifex.2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 47

Forms of purple wiregrass

pluralpurple wiregrasses

Questions about purple wiregrass

What does purple wiregrass mean?
Purple wiregrass means a species of grass native to Australia (Aristida ramosa).
What part of speech is purple wiregrass?
Purple wiregrass is a noun.
What is the plural of purple wiregrass?
The plural of purple wiregrass is purple wiregrasses.

Words near purple wiregrass in the dictionary

  1. purple velvet plant
  2. purple velvet plants
  3. purple vetch
  4. purple wax bean
  5. purple wax beans
  6. purple wiregrass
  7. purple yam
  8. purple yams
  9. purple zone
  10. purple zones
  11. purple-backed fairywren

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