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rooigras

rooigras noun: a perennial grass, Themeda triandra, that has large red-brown spikelets.

rooigras: a perennial grass, Themeda triandra, that has large red-brown spikelets
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Noun

rooigras (uncountable)

  1. (South Africa) A perennial grass, Themeda triandra, that has large red-brown spikelets
    Synonyms:
    kangaroo grass, red grass

Synonyms of rooigras

Origin of rooigras

From Afrikaans rooigras.

Questions about rooigras

What does rooigras mean?
Rooigras means a perennial grass, Themeda triandra, that has large red-brown spikelets.
What part of speech is rooigras?
Rooigras is a noun.

Words near rooigras in the dictionary

  1. rooibos
  2. rooibos tea
  3. rooibos teas
  4. rooibosch
  5. Rooiels
  6. rooigras
  7. rooikat
  8. rooikats
  9. rooineck
  10. rooinecks
  11. rooinek

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