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ricegrass

ricegrass noun: any of the genus Oryzopsis of Chinese and North American plants in the grass family.

Noun

ricegrass (countable and uncountable, plural ricegrasses)

  1. Any of the genus Oryzopsis of Chinese and North American plants in the grass family.

Forms of ricegrass

pluralricegrasses

Origin of ricegrass

From rice + grass, from its resemblance to true rice.

Words formed from ricegrass

Questions about ricegrass

What does ricegrass mean?
Ricegrass means any of the genus Oryzopsis of Chinese and North American plants in the grass family.
What part of speech is ricegrass?
Ricegrass is a noun.
What is the plural of ricegrass?
The plural of ricegrass is ricegrasses.

Words near ricegrass in the dictionary

  1. ricefield mouse
  2. ricefields
  3. ricefish
  4. ricefishes
  5. riceflour
  6. ricegrass
  7. ricegrasses
  8. ricegrower
  9. ricegrowers
  10. ricegrowing
  11. riceland

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