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shortgrass

shortgrass noun: the set of short, tough grasses that thrive in arid plains; often specifically the native grasses of the North American Great Plains.

Noun

shortgrass (usually uncountable, plural shortgrasses)

  1. (usually) The set of short, tough grasses that thrive in arid plains; often specifically the native grasses of the North American Great Plains.
    • The original centers of abundance of upland sandpipers were the shortgrass and mixed-grass prairies of the Great Plains.1988 May 20, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of shortgrass

pluralshortgrasses

Origin of shortgrass

From short + grass.

Questions about shortgrass

What does shortgrass mean?
Shortgrass means the set of short, tough grasses that thrive in arid plains; often specifically the native grasses of the North American Great Plains.
What part of speech is shortgrass?
Shortgrass is a noun.
What is the plural of shortgrass?
The plural of shortgrass is shortgrasses.

Words near shortgrass in the dictionary

  1. shortfins
  2. shortform
  3. shortgevity
  4. shortgown
  5. shortgowns
  6. shortgrass
  7. shortgrasses
  8. shorth
  9. shorthair
  10. shorthaired
  11. shorthairs

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