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sawgrass

sawgrass noun: any of several Cladium species, long sedges with saw-like sharp, serrated edges, such as Cladium californicum, Cladium jamaicense, and Cladium mariscoides.

Noun

sawgrass (plural sawgrasses)

  1. Any of several Cladium species, long sedges with saw-like sharp, serrated edges, such as Cladium californicum, Cladium jamaicense, and Cladium mariscoides

Forms of sawgrass

pluralsawgrasses
alternative formsaw-grass
alternative formsaw grass

Origin of sawgrass

From saw + grass.

Words formed from sawgrass

  • Cladium californicum – California sawgrass
  • Cladium mariscoides

Questions about sawgrass

What does sawgrass mean?
Sawgrass means any of several Cladium species, long sedges with saw-like sharp, serrated edges, such as Cladium californicum, Cladium jamaicense, and Cladium mariscoides.
What part of speech is sawgrass?
Sawgrass is a noun.
What is the plural of sawgrass?
The plural of sawgrass is sawgrasses.

Words near sawgrass in the dictionary

  1. sawfishes
  2. sawflies
  3. sawfly
  4. Sawford
  5. Sawfords
  6. sawgrass
  7. sawgrasses
  8. sawgrinder
  9. sawgrinders
  10. Sawh
  11. Sawhney

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